Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 143, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 February 1989 — Page 7

Hoosier farmers anything but idle, even during winter

RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) Winter is not an idle time for Indiana farmers, who use the cold weather to get ready for spring planting or do work they were too busy to do during the summer months. “There’s fertilizers and seeds to order and I’ve attended seminars at Purdue,” said Rensselaer farmer Dan Gehring. “I’ve also gone to extension office seminars and learned about new chemicals and new restrictions on them.” LIKE ALL FARMERS, Gehring knows that winter is no time to kick back and rest after the long fall harvest He’s also working at G & M Supply Corp., where he sells chemicals and fertilizers and hitech lubricants for farm machinery. John Lonergan, another Rensselaer farmer, is spending mQch of his time caring for his livestock.

: Market reports INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hogs 700. Barrows and gilts active, 50 to 75 cents higher. US 1- 225-255 lbs 41.75-42.00. US 2-3 225-265 lbs 41.0041.50. US 2-4 270-285 lbs 39.00-40.00. Sows: Moderately active, steady to 2.00 lower. US 1-3 450-600 lbs 32.00-36.00. 600700 lbs 36.00-38.00. Boars few over 400 lbs at 29.00. Cattle: 1150. Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter steers and heifers mostly 50 higher; compared to last week’s close, slaughter cows 50 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Supply: Select and choice slaughter steers; 40 percent heifers, 8 percent cows. Slaughter steers: Choice 2-4 1100-1250 lbs 73.50-74.75. Mix select and choice 2-4 1050-1325 lbs 70.50-74.00. Holsteins: Choice 3 1250-1375 lbs 68.50-69.75. Mixed select and choice 2-3 1225-1450 lbs 65.00-67.75. Slaughter heifers:Choiee 24 925-1175 lbs 72.25-74.50. Lot 2-3 75.25. Few mix select and choice 2-4 925-1200 lbs 70.50Slaughter cows: Utility and commercial 2-4 45.50-51.50, few high dressing 51.50-54J0. ; Few cutter 1-2 43.00-47.50. • Slaughter bulls: Few yield j grade 1 1800-2400 lbs 59.00- ' 64.50. Few yield grade 2 975- : 1300 lbs 53.50-53.75. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) | Indiana direct hog market at 70 yards and markets Tuesday. Barrows and gilts: Steady to ;50 cents higher; demand moderate to good. US 1-2 220250 lbs 40.00-40.75, some to 41.00.210-220 lbs 38.50-40.25. US 1-3 210-260 lbs 38.50.40.25. Sows: Steady to 1.00 higher. US 1-3 300-500 lbs 31.0032.50; 500-650 lbs 32.00-34.00. NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, 111. (AP) Hogs: 2,600 trading active; ascompared to Monday, barrows and gilts fully steady. 1-3 220-260 lb 41.75-42.00; 2- 250-270 lb 41.50-42.00; 270-300 lb 39.00-41.00; 1-3 few 200-220 lb 39.50-41.50. Sows: 300-500 lb steady; over 500 lb 1.00 higher, 1-3 300-500 lb 34.50-35.50; over 500 lb 38.00-40.00. Boars: Over 300 lb 31.50; under 300 lb 32.50. Cattle and calves: 150 trading active; as compared to Monday, slaughter steers steady to .50 higher; slaughter heifers, cows and bulls fully steady; slaughter supply mainly slaughter steers and heifers. . Slaughter steers: Choice 2-4 1,050-1,250 lb 71.50-73.00; choice 2-3 1,050-1,200 lb 73.00-73.50; select and choice 2-3 900-1,175 lb 69.00-72.00; select 2-3 900-1,300 lb 67.0069.00; holsteins select and choice 2-3 not tested; choice 23 few 1,250-1,500 lb 64.0065.00. * Slaughter heifers: Choice 24 limited supply 925-1,150 lb 71.50- choice 2-3 not tested; select and choice 2-3 8251,100 lb 68.50-71.50; select 2-3 900-1,050 lb 65.50-68.50.

“I’ve got cattle and beef cows to take care of,” Lonergan said. “They take more care in the winter.” Water is a problem for Lonergan in the winter months and livestock require more feed, hay and silage because there is no grass for them to feed on. DURING THE WARM spell in January, some of his cows had calves. “You have to take more care with the smaller animals,” he said. DeMotte grain farmer Ken DeVries spends much of his time hauling grain during the winter. DeVries harvests his winter wheat with a combine, puts it through a grain dryer and transfers it into storage bins by truck. When he’s not hauling grain, there’s always something to keep him busy. “WHEN IT SNOWS, I plow snow. I’m doing bookwork and get-

Economists see farm prices growing, but income falling

DES MOINES, lowa (AP) Researchers from two Midwest universities are forecasting lower farm income in the 19905, and some economists say even that outlook may be too optimistic. A study by economists from the University of Missouri and lowa State University predicted increased grain and cattle production and lower prices for both. HIGHER COMMODITY prices will be offset by production costs that are forecast to rise 3.5 percent a year for the decade ending 1997, according to the report by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. It predicted net farm income would decline by about 2 percent a year during the period. The findings were released at the Agribusiness Outlook and Policy Conference this past week in Des Moines. Several speakers Friday said the report’s assumptions may have led to findings that were too optimistic. THE STUDY ASSUMES there will be no recession during the 19905, that inflation will stay between 4 percent and 5 percent per New group to provide cover for game birds The first fundraising banquet for the West Central Chapter of Quail Unlimited is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 25 at Windy Hill County Club in Greencastle. The chapter was recently formed by local sportsmen to help provide habitat for upland game, such as quail, pheasant, quail grouse and turkey, with its major effort directed toward the bob white quail. Landowners will be paid to plant wildlife foot plots, leave standing row crops in the field and for establishing nesting and winter cover. Anyone interested in the program is invited to attend Saturday’s banquet or contact Phil Humphreys (653-3054), Jay Unger (739-6365), George Seketa (6535515) or Bayard Allen (653-5371). 4-H Rabbit Club now organizing The Putnam County 4-H Rabbit Club will hold its first meeting of the year at 7 p.m. Wednesday (tonight) at the Fairgrounds. For more information about the club or other 4-H activities, persons may contact the Extension Office at 653-8411.

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ting ready to pay my taxes,” he said. “I cut a little wood. We have an add-on furnace woodbumer. “I make sure I have my supplies purchased, and my chemicals and fertilizers.” Larry Erb of Remington spends much of his winter away from the farm in connection with his work for the National Farmer’s Organization. “In December, I went to a national farmer’s convention in Lexington, Kentucky, and a board meeting in Ames, lowa,” he said. “I also have spent one day a week lobbyihg at the Statehouse.” THE GRAIN FARMER has also been working with Tom Clark, a representative from Sen. Richard Lugar’s office, on problems with the Farm Credit Bill as it is implemented by the Farmer’s Home Administration. “There’s not much to do in the winter if you’re a grain farmer,”

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year, and that economic growth will pick up in Latin America and Africa. lowa State University economist Charles Gratto said several “bad surprises” could affect the forecast, such as a recession and rising interest rates. He said farmers could stand a short-lived economic downtown of less than six months. But if inflation rises above 5 percent, Gratto said the Federal Reserve Board will start pushing up interest rates. Those rates, he said, “reach very quickly to the bottom line of agriculture.” THE FOOD AND Agricultural

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Policy Research Institute forecast the following prices: Corn: $2.52 a bushel in 1988- $2.15 in 1989-90, $2.09 in 1990-91 and an average $2.31 a bushel from 1993-97. Planted acreage is forecast to increase by 7 million acres in the United States in 1989- to total 75 million acres. Soybeans: $7.56 a bushel in 1988-89, $5.85 in 1989-90, $5.32 in 1990-91, and an average $6.10 for 1993-97. Barrows and gilts: $45.46 a hundredweight in 1989, $44.12 in 1990, $41.55 in 1991 and an average $50.80 for 1994-98.

James Scott, Indianapolis, treasurer; Dr. John C. Pickett, Lafayette, past president; Dr. W. Harold Davis, Zionsville, president, and Dr. Paul Dieterlen, Nappanee, president-elect. (IVMA photo).

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