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“I pay 105 pounds a ton
(roughly $2lO at the present
rate of exchange) for maize,
and 125 pounds a ton ($250)
for soybeans,” said one
farmer with a flock of 45,000
laying hens. By way of
contrast, his counterpart on
the Delmarva peninsula
pays about $243 a ton for
beans, but only $75 a ton for
shelled corn. To avoid the
expense of unported grains,
this man grows as much
wheat and barley as possible
on his 400 acre farm m
Gloustershire. Besides the
hens, he also feeds about 128
Swine research assistant Ralph Lowe describes University of Delaware’s new
swine production unit at Georgetown to group of visiting British farmers.
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head of cattle, half of them
dairy cows.
This same farmer was
struck by the amount of what
he called “scrub” land he
had seen on his travels
through Delaware and other
states. (This was his third
trip to the U.S.) “Where I
come from every spare inch
of land that can be cultivated
is either in grass or crops,”
he explained.
Speaking of land, one thing
that American and. British
farmers have in common is
the high price of farmland.
“Ten years ago the first bit
of land we bought cost 250
pounds ($500) an acre,”
reported a farmer from the
Cotswolds. “Now ifs
changed hands at 1300
pounds ($2600) an acre. And
in the last two years the
farm next to ours has
doubled in worth."
It’s mostly farmers bid
ding for the land who have
boosted the price, they
agreed. But insurance and
pension companies are
bidding on it too, as a form of
investment.
As m the States, it's
become very hard over there
to get started in farming
because of the tremendous
Checking out reception end of a cattle feedlot - Touring British livestock
farmers and wives marvel at efficiencies of Delaware’s King Cole Ranch beef
production system. Most British beef is pasture fed.
capital outlay involved -
unless you come from a farm
or marry into one. “I don’t
know if it’s going to last like
this,” remarked an old
Welshman who recently
retired, leaving his three
sons to take over a profitable
sheep operation. “But being
as there is such a good trade
for livestock now, the farms
are going up terrible in
price.”
British livestock farmers
are doing very well indeed
these days, thanks in large
part to membership in the
European Economic
Community (EEC). Besides
bringing high price supports
for agricultural products,
this has meant expanded
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978
• Flats repaired or replaced promptly
• Tube valves replaced l • Tires liquid-filled!
• Tire sales & service for every truck, tractor,
and auto on your farm!
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