Sales Price Objective*^
(Specify as your minimum or maximum price based on
ESTIMATED PRODUCTION COSTS.)
Selected Futures Contract P(iice
(Month closest to but not before anticipated sales date)
(+ or -) Add or Subtract Basis for the Delivery Month
Expected Cash Price
Compare Expected Cash Price
- To Sales Price Objective
Indicated Profit or Loss
Prepared by
Carl German.
University of Delaware
DEKALB-PFIZER
GENETICS
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• Unsurpassed yields in its
maturity
• Strong stalks and roots,
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• Excellent disease and stress
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• Good drought tolerance,
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or dryland conditions
• Excellent response to top
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• Verticillium wilt, anthracno.se and
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• Lush, leaf) forage
• Bred for long rotations
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NEWARK, DE. Projections dictates that producers plan other things, whether participation
are that carry-over com stocks carefully and make prudent in the 1966 farm program will pay.
will be close to 3.052 billion bushels marketing decisions, says y ou can also compare your ob
by the end of the current University of Delaware extension jectives to forward cash contract
marketing year. This compares to crops marketing specialist Carl prices which may be locked in.”
the end of the 1982 season when German. German suggests farmers use
com supplies carried into the next “Begin your marketing plan by the accompanying worksheet to
marketing year totaled 3.120 setting price objectives based on anticipate the profitability of cash
billion bushels. y our production,” he says, grain sales decisions available at
The similarity in parrv-nver
“Once your objectives are set you any time during the coming year.
„ can readily determine, among
NEWARK, DE - Because most
farms are far from fire fighting
equipment and have a limited
water supply, they’re especially
vulnerable to fire. But farmers can
do many things to reduce fire risk.
University of Delaware extension
farm safety specialist Ron Jester
offers this list of fire prevention
measures:
* Never permit smoking in barns
or near flammable materials.
• Never refuel engines inside a
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• Ver\ good seedling growth
• Good root and stalk strength
• Fast dr\ down
good drought tolerance
• lIS day relamematunts
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• Excellent standahilitv
• Resists shattering
• Field resistance to Ph\ lophthora
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Preventing (arm fires
building or while an engine is hot
or running.
* Avoid spontaneous combustion
in hay by making certain all hay is
properly dried before putting it
into the bam.
* Have all electrical installations
and wiring inspected and approved
by the proper authority.
* Burn all rubbish in an in
cinerator equipped with a spark
arrester. The incinerator should be
located 100 feet from major
DEKALB-PPIZER
GENETICS
buildings.
* Equip all major farm buildings
with lightning rods in accordance
with Lightining Protection In
stitute guidelines.
• Equip crop dryers with con
trols that automatically shut off
blowers or dampers when tem
peratures get too high.
* Store pesticides in a separate
building clearly identified by a
warning sign.
• Never
building.
• Never field bum anything
• Ask your local fire department
to check your operation regularly
for potential fire hazards.
Fires can be prevented, Jester
says. On the farm, prevention is
everyone’s job.
DOVER, DE. - The Delaware
Department of Agriculture has
scheduled three public hearings in
New Castle and Kent Counties to
discuss the 1985-86 Gypsy Moth
Suppression Program.
The Plant Industry Supervisor,
Linda Bradley, says the meetings
will cover the 1985 egg mass
survey results and plans for
spraying in New Castle and Kent
Counties in 1986.
“We’re planning to spray ap
proximately 53,000 acres this
year,” says Bradley.” We will be
using B.t. or Bacillus
thuringiensis, which is not harmful
to humans, livestock, pets, and so
on; and Dimlin, an insect growth
regulator, which also does not
affect humans, livestock or pets.”
The meetings are open to the
general public. They will begin,at 7
p.m. and end by 8:30 p.m.
The scheduled meetings are as
follows; January Bth, Hartly Fire
Hall; January 14th, Harrington
Fire Hall; and January 21st,
Townsend Fire Hall.
Persons wanting further in
formation about the meetings
should contact Linda Bradley at
736-4811 or 800-282-8685 during
working hours.
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