Western Floods
(ConUnu*d from Pago A 1)
numerous according to Jean Kays
er, Cargill Seeds, Camp Hill, who
is just back from her family farm in
north central lowa. “The situation
is unbelievable,” Kayser said.
“You are only seeing the land
along the rivers on TV. There arc
hundreds of acres further from riv
ers that have been under a weather
pattern of rain since March. The
ground was so saturated, the com
didn’t get planted. And when far
mers turned to plant soybeans later,
they also didn’t get them planted.
Some attempts were made to
plant soybeans by airplane. And
herbicides were applied by
airplane.
“There is a lot of grain in the
pipeline, but much of the last crop
had high moisture and didn’t keep
very well," Kavser said. “Now
with railroad tracks washed out and
barge shipments halted, com prices
will likely go up.”
Barry Hoke, Jacques Seeds,
Manheim. agrees. “With the light
weight and low energy of much of
the com from last year and the
reduction of planted acres this
year, the com market should be
acting up more than beans,” Hoke
said. “They weren’t buying this
com before the latest floods, but
they are now.”
The seed com crop has had
many obstacles even before the lat
est floods. Cloudy weather and low
degree days have the seed crop
seven to 14 days behind schedule.
In some areas excessive rains are
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piglets or the pits.
SPRAY-COOL
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on research) far more effective than a
fogger. It is used on growing/finishing
pigs and breeding stock in group pens.
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weather subsides to DUNG-TRAIN the
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washing the pollen off, and some
100 mph winds caused crop
damage.
On the positive side, much of the
seed production is on sandy soil
that drains well. And company rep
resentatives are in Australia. South
America and Puerto Rico for wint
er production. But growing seed
out of the country is expensive, and
with all die domestic weather prob
lems, farmers can look for seed
prices to be up $l.OO to $3.00.
Norma Camerer of Doeblers in
Northccntral Pennsylvania along
the Susquehanna River also said
the scarcity of seed will send the
price up a bit. “A lot of people, par
ticularly in New York State, didn't
plant because they lost the crop last
year,” Camerer said. “But in Pen
nsylvania the crop looks good, but
we have been irrigating. We started
to detassel yesterday.”
Pete Johnson, Ohio Seed, Mif
flinbuig, sees adequate seed com
supplies and a glut in alfalfa seed
supplies. “There is enough -alfalfa
seed around for the next three
years,” Johnson said. “In Pennsyl
vania there were record soybean*
sales and the number of acres
increased.
“We had a bumper crop of com
. last year, and there is so much
around. In Pennsylvania we have
some areas that need rain, but
mostly we have a good crop,”
Johnson said.
Ron Dodds, NC Plus, Mifflin
town, is'just back from a trip to
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Omaha. On the trip he saw a barge
that was sunk because it was tied
too tightly to its moorings. The
Missouri Riyer, usually about three
blocks wide, could now swallow
several towns at once. “The flood
ing will not affect our seed supply
directly,” Dodds said. “We have
had some hail and wind damage,
but not extensive, and we have
some left over from last year so we
should be in good, supply.”
As for the feed situation, Dodds
believes livestock feeders will
need to be sensitive to feed costs.
Even here in the East we have had
various weather problems. “I was
talking to a farmer in the Delmarva
Peninsula last week, and he was
approaching a SO percent crop
loss,” Dodds said. “Feed costs are
going up. and there may be a time
livestock feeders may need to send
their steers to market rather than
put extra high cost feed into them*
Ed Lazowski. Pioneer Hi-bred,
Manheim, said their seed crop
supply was of no concern because
of carryover from last year and pro
duction from other states where the
crop conditions are good. Lazows
ki said grain marketing was not
within his field of expertise. But he
said, many times fanners in the
past have lamented that they did
not sell grain when they had a good
opportunity. His thought was that it
often does not pay to become too
greedy.
Judy Reese, Hoffman Seeds,
Landisville, said because of the
upward flight of bean prices, far
mers are trying to plant beans now,
which likely will be too late to
mature. But bean acres may be up
next year because of the price.
Bob Brutus, Fielder’s Choice, in
Monon, Indiana, said his feeling is
that out in his area soybeans are
hurt the most because they have not
grown high enough at this time of
year to withstand the water cover.
But the com looks very good
Pennsylvania
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CATTLE: SL. COWS: UTILITY *
COMMERCIALSO.OO-58.00; CUTTER St
BONING UTILITY 47.00-52.00; CAN
NER St LOW CUTTER 42.00-51.00;
SHELLS 42.00 St DOWN. BULLS:
YIELD GRADE 1 1500#-1870#
61.50-72.00; YIELD GRADE 2
1000#-1400# 48.00-65.50.
FEEDER STEERS; MftL-1 300-500#
77.00-110.00; 250-280# 85.00-120.00. M
900-1000 60.00-76.00. HEIFERS M
IAL-1 300-500# 70.00-100.00; L-l
400650# 55.00-92.00. BULLS MftL-1 /
300620# 58.00-94.00. '
CALVES: VEAL.. PRIME
95.00-110.00; CHOICE 74.00-98.00;
GOOD 60.00-72.00.
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-120# FEW 100.00-145.00; #2
HOLSTEIN BULLS 80-100# FEW
75.00-1 15.00; BEEF X
BULLAHFRS7HD. 85.00-105.00.
HOGS: BARROWS St GILTS #l-2
210-255# 44.00-45.00; #2-3 255-280#
37.50-45.00; SOWS #l-3 300-500#
30.00-34.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 1-3 25-35#
IS.OO-30.00/HD.
LAMBS: HIGH CHOICE 55-75 LBS.
50.00- CHOICE 90-105#
48.00- FEEDER LAMBS GOOD
45.00- EWES 18.00-32.50.
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except in the flooded area.
Frank Welch, Bcachley-Hardy,
said that in general there is some
seed at risk. However, the total that
will be affected will not affect the
seed supply for the farmer. “In
summary, I don’t think com or the
soybean supply will be greatly
affected,” Welch said.
GOATS; LARGE 45.00-70.00/HU.;
MEDIUM 25.00-4S.OQ/HD.; SMALL
10.00-19.0Q/HD.
HORSES: 50.00-71.00, PONIES
20.00-50.00.
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Thunday, July 15, 1993
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DAIRY COWS: NO. 240. HEAVY TOP
PRICE 55*.
BEEF; HEIFERS GOOD 70.00,
MEDIUM 67.00-69.00; COMMON
66.00- DOWN. STEERS: GOOD 74.50,
MEDIUM 70.00-74*, COMMON
69.00- COWS; GOOD
52.00- MEDIUM 47.00-51*. COM
MON 45.00-DOWN.
BULLS: BOLOGNA 64*.
FEEDERS: GOOD 844, MEDIUM
75.00-80.00, COMMON 72.00-DOWN.
CALVES; BS-11S LBS. (BULLS)
110.00- 85-115 LBS. (HFRS.)
150.00- 80 LBS. UNDER 6 Of
DOWN, 120 LBS. OVER 90.00-115.00.
LAMBS: GOOD 72.50, MEDIUM
60.00-674, COMMON 30.00-36.00.
HOGS: NO. 1 200-240 LBS. 44.40, NO.
2140-195 LBS. 40.00-43.00,245 LBS. UP
43.00.
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GOATS; 25.00-80.00.
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