Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 172, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 March 1985 — Page 14

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A team of Future Farmers of America members from South Putnam High School won the farm management game held in conjunction with Tuesday's annual Ag Day breakfast at the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building. The team, (from left) Tony Stanley, Ed Sheldon and Donna Berry, won SIOO, plus another SIOO for their FFA chapter. The checks were presented by Gary Owen,

Putnam Farm Scene

Agriculture a major business in county

By MARK LEGAN Extension Agent-Ag Agriculture is BIG business in Putnam County. According to the 1982 Census of Agriculture report there were 985 farms containing 219,378 acres in the county. A farm, as defined for the census, is anyplace from which SI,OOO or more of agricultural products are sold during a year. THE AVERAGE FARM size in Putnam County is 223 acres. However, it is interesting to look at the total number of farms as they relate to acreage as follows: l-9acres-62 10-49 acres-251 50-179 acres-364 180-499 acres-179 500-999 acres-95 1,000-1,999 acres-25 2,000 acres or more-9 FAMILY FARMS continue to dominate farm ownership with 823 farms owned by either individuals or families. Part-

Grain, livestock markets

CHICAGO (AP) - Soybean futures prices were sharply higher and corn and wheat were slighty higher at the close of trading Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. The soaring value of foreign currencies in trading against the U.S. dollar was the major factor supporting prices, said Victor Lespinasse, a grain analyst with Dean Witter Reynolds. Soybean meal prices in particular were aided by the action in the currency markets, and demand increased in Rotterdam despite higher prices there, Lespinasse said. An increase in sales of soybeans by farmers on cash markets limited the extent of the rally, however, analysts said. At the close, wheat was IV4 cents to 4% cents higher with the contract for delivery in March at $3.64 a bushel; corn was V 4 cent to 4M> cents higher with March at s2.74Vfe a

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manager of the Greencastle Production Credit office, who represented several financial institutions who contributed to the prize money. Teams from all four Putnam County high schools had been at work since Feb. 1 on a mythical farm operation on paper and computer. Goal of the contest was to make a profit from a given set of circumstances. (Banner-Graphic photo by Robert Frazier)

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nerships own 129 farms, while 26 are hsld by family corporations. Of the 985 farm operators 470 of them claim farming as their principal occupation. The remainder, 515 operators, have their principal occupation off the farm. The average age of the farm operators is 50 years. Putnam County also has 35 female farm operators. The market value of all agricultural

bushel; oats were l cents lower to 2V 4 cents higher with March at $1.75 a bushel; and soybeans were lIV4 cents to 15M2 cents higher with March at $6.04 a bushel. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Grain prices Tuesday at Indianapolis area elevators: Corn No. 2 yellow shelled 2.71-2.77; fall 1985 2.40-2.51; January 1986 2.55-2.56. Soybeans No. 1 yellow 6.01-6.14; fall 1985 January 1986 6.04-6.05. Wheat No. 2 soft red July 3.08-3.24. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Hogs 700. Barrows and gilts moderately active and firm. US 1-3 210-255 lbs 43.00-43.75. US 2-3 210-270 lbs 41.5043.00. Cattle: 800. Steers 50 cents to 1.00 lower, instances 1.50 lower. Heifers weak to 50 cents lower. Cows fully steady with late last week. Bulls about steady.

products sold was $45,119,000. Crop receipts accounted for $26,961,000, while livestock receipts brought in $18,157,000. On the other hand, Putnam County farmers spent about $3 million yearly on the purchase of livestock; $6.5 million on feed, $8 million on fertilize and chemicals and $4.5 million on interest expense. THERE WERE 578 FARMS in Putnam County that produced 9 million bushels of corn on 73,327 acres. Soybeans were grown on 49,327 acres by 476 farms for a 1,756,848bushel production. Wheat was grown on 184 farms with a production of 286,110 bushels on 6,887 acres. In the livestock area, 459 farms had 8,250 head of beef cows, and 203 farms fed out 3,929 calves. Dairy Cattle, 1,385 head, were milked on 51 farms. It is interesting to note, however, that of the 51 farms 35 of these had an inventory of one to nine head. Hogs and pigs were raised on 292 farms with a total production of 92,762 head, while only 55 farms sold 1,299 head of sheep and lambs. ONE CAN SEE from these statistics that Putnam County agriculture is very diverse and complex. This week, March 18-22, is National Agriculture Week and Putnam County farmers have many activities planned. One of interest to all the citizens of the county is a mini-farm fest, which will be held Thursday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the 4-H fairgrounds. Most of the local farm organizations will be participating and a petting zoo will be available for small children. To find out more about agriculture, and to have fun, plan to attend. For more information contact the Putnam County Extension Office at 653-8411.

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Must produce more: Butz

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Well-fed people throughout the world are the basis of peace, the No. 1 challenge to mankind, former Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz says. He told a civic club Tuesday the world hunger crisis calls on farmers to double food production in the next 35 years. Expected growth in world population will place even greater demands on food producers, he said. “If we don’t do it, I think there’s no point for diplomats of the world to find another basis for peace, because you can’t build a peaceful world on the basis of hungry people,” said Butz, Purdue University emeritus dean of agriculture. America, with its resources, is uniquely qualified to solve this problem, Butz said, Coccidiosis vaccine near c, 1985 Cox News Service WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary John Block announced a barnyard breakthrough on Monday that could eventually result in billions of biddies being given shots against coccidiosis —a disease that costs the poultry industry S3OO million a year. Block said testing results on a genetically-engineered antigen have been “highly encouraging” and that should speed the development of the first vaccine against coccidiosis by any method other than inducing actual infection. Coccidiosis is so prevalent that it could be called “the common cold of chickens,” said Michael Ruff, a researcher for the Department of Agriculture. Virtually all of the four billion broilers that are marketed in the United States each year have been infected to some degree by coccidiosis, he explained. Coccidiosis costs the poultry industry S2OO million a year in killed chickens and turkeys and another SIOO million a year for medical treatment of the broiler flocks, Block said at a news conference. The disease is caused by coccidia parasites that attack a bird’s intestinal tract, often killing the fowl or causing costly weight loss. While an actual vaccine may yet be several years away from being sold in feed-and-seed stores, Block said, the research breakthrough is a significant step for farmers who have been fighting coccidiosis for years.

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but government price controls are holding it back. “You have a resource absolutely unequal to any other place on earth, and here we are shrinking back in a world that’s hungry. Here we are encouraging less efficient competition.” Farmers must start producing for a market, not into utilization someplace, somehow.” Butz said he supports current administration policies to cut price supports to minimum levels. “We need a safety net under agriculture, just like a trapese performer needs a safety net under him. But it’s not so high that there’s no leg room for movement. “We’re encouraging the rest of the world to move into markets that we vacate. It just doesn’t make sense. ”

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