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I know most of us grain
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forward to the spring planting
season. The warm spring sun is
sure going to feel good after
the winter we’ve had.
This year may be a year to
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might be one of the best years
for grain farmers in a long
time.
Subsoil moisture looks good
amt so do grain prices.
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President’s Message
Curt Hakestraw
President. PMCGA
1 know after the last few
shoit com crops we have had.
the price would collapse the
following year. This year,
several reasons are making the
price look very promising.
First of all, with wheat
prices as high as they are, there
should not be much substitut
ing wheat for com. Wheat
prices have a good chance of
being high for this year’s crop
because the Kansas wheat crop
Belling, uplifting set lon In the sell allows water te enter and
be retained In subaell, minimizing runoff. Yield Increases up
te 10 bu. mere com par acre,” Lancaster Co. farmer.
DISC HARROW?
is looking poor.
Second, the com and soy
bean crop in the southern hemi
sphere is continually being
down-graded. This should lead
to a continued good export of
U.S. crops.
Next, Dr. Louis Thompson,
along with a number of other
meterologists, are predicting
that weather patterns over the
Midwest will not be typical for
a big Midwestern com crop.
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Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1996—Pige
Finally, usuage is projected
to be around nine billion bush
els for 1996-1997. With 82
millioon acres planted and 74
million acres harvested at an
average yield of 125 bushels
per acre, a total crop would be
937 billion bushels. A crop this
size would only add 300 mil
lion bushels to the carryover
Corn Growers Take
Seat At Table
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Secretary of Agriculture Dan
Glickman named an Ohio farm
leader active in the National
Cora Growers Association
(NCGA) to a newly-formed
advisory committee on concen
tration in agriculture.
Brent Porteus, a com farmer
and immediate past president
of the Ohio Com Growers As
sociation (OCGA), accepted
the appointment to serve on the
21-member committee. Glick
man formed the group to exa
mine the impact of shrinking
competition in meat packing
and other segments of agricul
ture.
“I want to represent the best
interests of com growers,” Por
teus said, “I’m going into this
assignment with an open mind
and without any agenda.”
U.S. farmers produce more
com than any other crop. Most
of it is used to feed livestock
for meat production.
The committee plans on ex
aming competition in many
segments of agriculture. Por
teus mentioned two that will at
tract his attention.
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for either corn silage or haylage, it is time
to SHOTCRETE.
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• Coats the silo’s interior
9 Protects feed in storage
9 Durable tough acid resistant
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9 Up to twice the strength of the
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I know there are a lot of
maybes and assumptions writ
ten here. However, with a little
luck and the help of God. this
season will develop to its full
est potential and be one of the
best ever.
‘The impact of consolida
tion and mergers in the meat
packing industry can be very
significant to the viability of
livestock producers who also
rely on us,” Poiteus said.
“But I want the committee to
look further than just that. I
want us to examine the in
creased consolidation of the
transportation sector, especial
ly the rail system and the
impact it’s having on com and
other grain producers.”
Com growers across the
country express concern about
railroad car shortages and other
problems which slow the
movement of grain and depress
prices.
Porteus farms 1,000 acres of
com, soybeans, and alfalfa in
eastern Ohio with his father
and brother. They also run a
cow-calf operation. He led the
Ohio com growers in 1995 and
now serves on the board of
directors and government rela
tions committee of the NCGA.
The Coshocton County,
Ohio farmer holds a bachelor’s
in agricultural economics from
Ohio State University.
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with piaster damaged and stave reconditioned and a new thick
exposed
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completely through the tilo wall by Shot Crete and a new
surface applied the tilo it
ready for years of use
Before The bottom pert of After The Shot Crete
the staves are completely worn System repairs and replaces
away the missing structure
THINK OP SHOTCRBTB!
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Sincerely,
Curt Rakestraw
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stored feed