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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Jun 19. 1969 i Sfafe Grain Growers Face Foreigners Pesticide Drift Causes Forty To Complain Drift of pesticide Into alfalfa Iields In the Hcppncr area, one with minor damage and the oth er with no loss, accounted for two of some -10 complaints re ceived by the Oregon Depart ment of Agriculture's chemical applicator supervisor, Tom Har rison, by June 12. The Dalles area accounted for 25 of the complaints. There the cause was vapor from 2,4-D spilled last December along the railroad track from a tank car containing the pesticide. Steps have now been taken to neutra lize the pesticide and control the vapor that has been damag ing growing things In the track area. The two Heppner complaints resulted from application of 2,4-D. Other such complaints In cluded a field of peas at La Grande, two incidents of dam age claims to ornamental trees in Dallas, an alfalfa field at Dufur with some damage, and drift onto ornamental trees in the Salem area from a pesticide application being made by a farmer. Other complaints were of damage to a pasture, lawn. and garden in the Kings Val ley area from a soil sterilant, damage to a crimson clover field in the McM 1 n n v 1 1 1 e area from a herbicide, and loss of bees by a Silverton area beekeeper. Morrow County CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY (For week 904109 Jun 13. 1969) Adequate soil moUturt. Some damaq to hay crop. Very little damage to wheat and barley crop. Severe soil erosion los In some areas due to heary storms. 4-H Camp To Be Cleaned, Set Up Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hood on Thursday of last week was her son, Emery Gentry, of Weston. Plans are complete for annual 41! camp June 25-28 at t'utsforth Park for members 9 12 years of age. A pre-camp cleanup and setup is scheduled for Sunday, June 22, starting at 1 p.m. All 4 II parents are in vited to assist with the cleanup. Kmpire Builders are also re minded they are included in the plans for pre-camp activities. Older 411 members who will. be serving as counselors at the four day camp are Tom McElli golt, Terry Cannon, Herbie Eks trom, Kris Peterson, Kris Nelson, Becky Doherty, Sandl Carlson, Debby Warren, Sue Chally, Dee Ann Pettyjohn and Gwen Drake. There are still openings for a few more campers. Any mem ber who failed to send in an application may still do so. Cost of the camp is $6.50 per camper. Trucks will leave the fair grounds at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 25. The camp will end Saturday, June 28. Families are invited to visit the camp on the final day for a potluck lunch and may pick up their campers at that time, or can meet the trucks at the fairgrounds at 2 p.m. to pick them up on their return. The following article by Meve Marks. Extension Agricultural Economist pretty well sums up the domestic world wheat and feed grain situation notes Har old Kerr, Morrow county exten skin agent. 'The Oregon grain Industry, from the producer to the eleva tor operator and exporter, will contlnuo to meet intense mar ket competition from foreign counterparts. Thus the presently depressed world wheat and bar ley market conditions pose 8 real challenge to the Industry tc seek out and develop effect ive market outlets for Oregon grown grain and to recover or find subsititute outlets for mar kets lost to foreign competition, The adage "there Is a gold mine In your own backyard" has direct and meaningful applica tion In the grain market of the 1970's. Industry attitudes need to be attuned to the realities of present and potential market conditions. Traditional food wheat markets at traditionally the high support prices are only a nappy memory now. Reality dic tates a reappraisal of market op porfunitics at home as well as abroad. This appraisal Includes a look at Oregon production of I wheat varieties other than soft wheat which are suitable for1 milling and livestock feed at 32 percent larger wheat stocks prices more nearly competitive With those in mninr era in prow lnjf areas of the United States. Grain supply-demand re lationships are such that wheat sold for feed purposes returns growers as much per ton as they can expect to receive for non certificate wheat in the export market. There is no export mar ket for barlev: so. except for sales to malsters. feed prices are the best barlev growers and dealers can expect to get. Supply Imbalance to Continue The unbalanced suoolv-de- mand situation in the grain markets is likely to continue In the foreseeable future, barring adverse weather conditions or man-made disaster in the ma jor world wheat and barlev pro ducing areas. While the major wheat exporting countries are either trimming acreage for har vest this year or invoking more rigid quotas on export wheat, hese moves will not soon offset the effects of the buildup In world wheat stocks. Larger world carryovers of wheat and barley this year are a certainty. And another round of bumper harvests Is in prospect, although smaller acreages than last year are Indicated for har vest. In the United States, the PENDLETON Wheat Situation To be Discussed There will be an important meeting covering the wheat sit uation, new changes in grain grades and standards; grain sanitation; Pacific Northwest Wheat quality survey; and the use of visual device for separa tion and binninf? wheat of dif ferent protein levels, announced Harold Kerr, Morrow county agent. The date and place for the meeting is Willows Grange Hall, lone, June 25, 1 p.m. The agenda is as follows: 1:00 Introduction by County Agents and Ray Teal. 1:15 Market Review by Ralph McEwen. 1:30 "Whafs New in Grain Grading" A. Plummer & Merle Demert, Grain Inspection. 2:30 Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Survey Dale Stuart Ore. Dept.Ag. Service. 2:45 Grain Sanitation Leroy Warner Pendleton Grain Grow ers. 3:15 Protein percentage seg regation with a visual method allowing separation to be done rapidly from trucks unloading at farm or country elevator sta tions. This is very important be cause of the experience last year of too high a protein content of Northwest soft white wheat. It is important that at least two separations be made, one above, and one below 9 or 9-i pro tein white wheat. Similar meetings are schedul- fd in Wasco. 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White wheat exporU are down sharply also, and carryov er is indicated around 50 million bushels compared with the eight-year 1961-68 average of 17 Mi million bushels. The present buildup in wheat supplies Is the result of several market developments, some of which will continue to limit PL 480 concessional turnover ot white wheat for years to come, Among them are the Introduc tlon of higher yielding Mexican wheat Into India and Pakistan increased acreage in Australia and trance, and the general push toward rood-grain self-suf ficiency by national undergoing economic development. The cur rent excess In U. S. wheat sup plies stems from this compctit ion. ioiiowing two years of in creased production at the same time that world wheat output set new records each or the past three years for a gain of 25 percent. Smaller U. S. Wheat Crop This Year For the 19G9 harvest, U. S wheat acreage will be about the sr.me as it was in 1966, prior to the Increase in acreage allot ments for the 1967 and 1968 wheat crops. Prospects as of May 1 were for record yields and a winter wheat crop of billion 127 million bushels. crop this size would be 100 mil lion bushels less than the roe ord 1968 winter wheat crop, but it woud still be the fourth lar gest ever produced in this coun try. Oregons winter wheat crop is estimated at 25.6 million bush els down more than three mil lion from 1968. The other two Pacific Northwest states expect to produce fully 24 million bush els less this year. Thus this re gions winter wheat crop, esti mated at 153 million bushels on May 1, might be down 15 per cent from last year's crop. Spring wheat acreage will be cut 16 percent in this region if grow ers fulfill their March planting intentions. While such a reduc tion in white wheat output expected increase in carryover would help offset most of the stocks, the challenge remaining is to find a market for the lar ger supply after July 1. Cash Price at Loan Level Likely Current wheat market condit ions are not favorable to price improvement. Chances are that cash white wheat prices will continue to hover at or near county loan rates this summer and fall. Since the 1968 harvest, Portland cash prices ranged mostly two to four cents a bush el above the gross terminal loan rate at that port. Oregon county loan rates for 1969 crop wheat have been in creased from one to four cents a bushel in eight counties, but five counties received a one to five cents cut. The loan rate is $1.29 a bushel in Morrow coun ty: it ranges from a high of $1.33 in Hood River county to a low of $1.01 in Harney coun ty. For details, check with your county ASCS office. The national average wheat loan rate remains at $1.25 a bushel or $41.67 a ton. Market ing certificates will be issued on projected production from planted acreage up to 43 per cent of the farm allotment, com pared with 40 percent in 1968. The value of the certificate will be the difference between the July, 1969 parity price for wheat and the loan rate. In April, the parity price was $2.75 a bush Appliances Ed and Clay's APPLIANCE CENTER Sales and Berries Th. 276 1170 207 S. E. Court Ave. Pendleton Ed Sailing- Clayton Baker G.E. KltchenAId Electricians ZEPHYR ELECTRIC, INC. 33 8. R. Emigrant Ava. Electrical Contractor W. F. (Mike) ZIMMERMAN Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Rua. Phone 27S-6921 Kea. Phone 276-6J& Automobiles Comrie-Olds Cadillac, Inc. 33. Home of yrSjS" Happy Cars (ftjSH 4 and Happy frli People Eastern Oregon's Fine Car Headquarters 511 S. E. Court Ave. Ph. 276-1921 Furniture BRANDL'S FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE George and Jean Brandt. Owners Everything In Uaed Furniture and Appliancea at the Lowest Price In Eastern Oregon. Ph. 276-2353 301 S. 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Phone 276-1161 Home Phone 276-3828 el. Feed Grain Remain Plentiful Feed grain market prospects also lack luster, mainly due to lagging exports. Domestic use for livestock feeding has in creased. Barley, corn and sor ghum grain prices improved from winter-time lows, but on ly corn markets maintained the advance in late May. Stored corn stocks are smaller than thev were a year ago, but the other feed grains are more plen I tiful. The indicated national ac reage for harvest this year is practically the same as in 1968. Loan rates remain uncnangea, exceDt for a moderately lower rate on barley and a slightly lower rate on sorghum grain, With only minor changes likely in U. S. feed grain acre ages, prospects lor larger carry overs ot Dariev, oais, ana sor ghum grain, and a $2.92 cut in I the U. S. average loan rate per ton of barley, Oregon gram pric es will be hard pressed to stay above last years harvest-time levels. At that time, Portland cash barley prices fall $3 a ton under the gross terminal loan rate. In last May, the Portland cash price for feed barley was eaual to the 1968-69 terminal loan of $47.50 a ton, but it was still $2.50 above the terminal loan rate of $45 a ton that goes into effect July 1. Oregon coun tv loan rates on 1969-crop bar lev average $284 a ton less than for the 196S crop. Morrow coun ty rate is $39.17 down from S41.67. Discounts remain un changed. While feed grain producers rationally reported intentions to I plant about the same acreage for 1969 as they did last year. some significant increases were being planned by western grow ers. Oregon grain growers indi cated a small boost in oat acre age and a 32 percent increase f in barley plantings. Montana growers said they planned 30 percent more acres of oats and 42 percent more barley this year. I Hefty increases also are indicat- I ed for Washington and Idaho. SURPLUS OUTDOOR SUPPLY 437 S. 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