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. Pendleton and
Rickreall.
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Initely suggest a bigger carry-
ovev on July i. txport volume
may total no more than Wm) mi
lion bushels, compared with 7G1
million the preceding wheat
marketing year and the record
826 million bushels exported In
1905 G6. 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
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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.
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