Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 20, 1980 Page: 7 of 36
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Farm notes
Milk
output
heavy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Heat
has curdled milk production in
some parts of the country but
dairy production overall is
expected to “continue above
year-ago levels” for the
remainder of 1980, says the
Agriculture Department.
“However, a continuation of
hot, dry weather in south-
western and several other
states would reduce milk
production,” the department’s
outlook board said Friday.
“Already there has been
some impact on production in
these states due to heat stress
and declining forage con-
ditions. But, to date, there has
been little impact on overall
U.S. production, since the
major dairy states have not
been significantly affected.”
Even with rising milk output,
retail prices of milk and other
dairy products, collectively,
are still expected to climb an
average of 9 to 11 percent this
year because of higher federal
price supports and larger
margins by middlemen.
The USDA currently
estimates the retail prices of all
food will go up an average of 7
to 11 percent this year.
Cattle low
on feedlots
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Feedlot operations continue to
show a significant lag in cattle
inventories as compared to a
year or two ago, and not much
change is indicated for the near
future.
The Agriculture Department
says the number of cattle being
fed for the slaughter market as
of July 1 was a five-year low of
about 9.62 million head, down 7
percent from a year ago.
Officials said Friday the
feedlot inventory in 23 states —
which produce about 95 percent
of the nation’s beef — also was
12 percent less than on July 1
two years ago.
Further, the department’s
Crop Reporting Board said, the
mid-year feedlot inventory was
the smallest since July 1, 1975.
The quarterly report said the
tight feedlot situation is ex-
pected to remain for some
time. During April-June, it
said, placement of new cattle in
feedlots totaled about 5.63
million head, down 9 percent
from the year-earlier quarter
and 14 percent fewer than two
years ago.
Marketing of feedlot cattle in
the second quarter totaled 5.62
million head, a 9 percent drop
from a year earlier and 15
percent below April-June 1978.
Looking ahead, the report
said sales of feedlot cattle in
July-September are estimated
at 5.75 million, down 4 percent
from the third quarter of last
year. That would be 12 percent
fewer than marketed two years
ago.
The USDA has been
predicting for months that 1980
beef output — meaning
slaughtered cattle — would
decline again this year as
producers begin expanding
their herds.
However, the feedlot figures
released Friday did not reflect
what has occurred since July 1
when sales of lighter-weight
cattle have increased because
of drought drying up grazing
land and forcing many owners
to sell stock prematurely.
But the overall supply of
cattle now is much smaller
than it was a few years ago,
thus accounting for part of the
reason that feedlot inventories
are smaller.
Five years ago, following a
buildup in the total U.S. cattle
herd to a record of more than
132 million head, fanners and
ranchers were faced with
sharply reduced profits and
began shipping animals
directly to slaughter in an ef-,
fort to trim losses.
Between Jan. 1,1975 and Jan.
1, 1979, producers slashed the
cattle inventory by 16 percent,
a total of about 21.1 million
head. Last year, as prices
improved, the build-up part of
the cattle cycle began, and last
Jan. 1 the inventory edged up
slightly but still totaled fewer
than 111 million head.
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by drilling holes in trees and
stuffing them with the nuts.
As many as 30,000 acorns
have been found in one riddled
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 20, 1980, newspaper, July 20, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824808/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.