THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, ORt Thursday, Jan. 6, 1977, Page $
on. forms, ronches qross $ 1 billion
For the third year in a row,
the estimated gross sales from
Oregon's farms and ranches
were more than $1 billion. In
Morrow County, though, the
gross sales were down 7.6 per
cent from 1975.
Preliminary estimates
made by the Oregon State
University Extension Service
it if
Morrow County agriculture
qross down seven oer cent
?
, Morrow County's 1976 esti
mated gross farm income
from agricultural products
I
was down 7 per cent this year
from 1975, according to Harold
Kerr, Morrow County Agent.
Gross farm sales for 1976 were
$64,083,000, compared to
$68,748,000 in 1975.
U.S.D.A. figures for agri
Mayor, three councilmen
take oath of office
The mayor and three coun
cilmen were sworn into office
Monday at the regular Jan
uary meeting of the Heppner
Common Council.
Mayor Jerry Sweeney was
sworn into his second term as
mayor by city recorder Mar
shall Lovgren. Sweeney then
administered the oath of office
to councilmen Cliff Green,
Warren Plocharsky, and Hu
bert Wilson. ,
For the sixth year in a row,
Robert Jones was elected
council chairman.
The council got some house
cleaning out of the way,
appointing first of the year
appointments to city offices
and crews. '
In other business, the coun
cil: .received and read a letter
from grade school principal,
Don Cole, thanking the council
and city engineer Steve An
derson for working with the
, highway department to erect
a fence near the school.
Also discussed was the
possibility of a walkway on the
' city's right-of-way near Gil
more and Court Street. The
area is hazardous to children
. who use the steep route now.
The council entertained
thoughts of paving the area,
with steps on the steep hill.
The property is next to resi
dential areas, which also
' brought discussion. Sweeney
said the responsibility still lies
with the parents and that
: parents should "examine the
procedure in which their
children get to school."
; The council turned the en
gineering over to Anderson
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indicate a total of $1.04 billion,
which includes $683.5 million
from crop sales and $354.9
million from livestock and
poultry.
Of Oregon's 36 counties, 25
experienced gains in farm
sales and 11 had declines. Only
one county, Marion, had over
$100 million in farm sales.
culture nation wide, show
farmers' costs have risen 5
per cent, further depressing
the agricultural picture.
The biggest loss this year
comes as no surprise to our
wheat producers. Preliminary
estimates show a decline of $4
million, even though 30,000
additional acres of wheat was
harvested in Morrow County.
and will instruct him to look at
the area.
.set Jan. 17 for a sup
plemental budget hearing.
Money concerned is $5,765
from the Land Conservation
and Development Commission
for comprehensive plans for
the city.
.heard from the city of
Tacoma, concerning parking
meters that that city took out
recently. Heppner asked
about a possible purchase.
The city of Tacoma said they
had not decided on what to do
with the 1,200 meters, but that
Heppner would be on their
mailing list when they did.
.heard that the Morgan
Street bridge, in the works for
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Councilmen, from left, Cliff Green, Hubert Wilson,
Warren Polcharsky, take oath from Sweeney. Robert
Jones, council chairman, looks on. (G-T Photos)
Last year Umatilla County
also had over $100 million, but
that dropped by $10 million in
1970 because of price declines
for wheat and potatoes.
Total crop sales were down
six per cent. Increases in
grass and legume seed sales,
hay and silage, and small
fruits failed to offset a major
Gross sales of wheat from
221,500 acres (approximately
32,000 irrigated) were
$19,139,000.
Potatoes were the leading
crop again, but sales were off
$2'i million, even with 5,000
additional acres. Gross sales
of potatoes from 25,300 acres
were estimated to be
$30,337,000.
Sweeney takes oath
Lovgren.
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drop in the value of grain
sales.
Livestock sales were up nine
percent from 1975, mainly due
to a significant increase in the
value of sales of cattle and
calves and a major jump in
sales of dairy products.
Grains were once again the
state's leading farm commod-
it
The only commodity which
showed a significant increase
was alfalfa, and other forage
crops, at about $7.2 million
total.
Livestock sales ended up
nearly the same, even though
numbers have increased in the
county. Total estimated sales
were $5.9 million.
Morrow County retained its
number four rank in agri
cultural sales by county in
Oregon. First place is Marion,
second Umatilla, third is
Malheur, and Morrow County
is fourth, followed closely by
Clackamas and Linn counties
in the valley.
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from Marsh
all
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ity with sales of $189.7 million.
However, this is a drop of 20
per cent from last year due to
depressed wheat processes.
Wheat prices have fallen from
an average of $3.80 a bushel in
1975 to an estimated $2.75 a
bushel in 1976.
Field crop sales were down
an estimated $1 million. Sales
increases for some field crops
were not enough to offset the
drop in value of potato sales.
Potato sales fell $3 million in
spite of a 20 per cent increase
in spud acreage. Farmers
received an average of $3.20
hundredweight for potatoes in
1975 and that price fell to an
estimated $2.45 hundred
weight in 1976.
Sales of cattle and calves
increased by 5.5 per cent for a
total of $163 million. Although
cattle prices were somewhat
better in 1976, Miles noted that
NOTICE
Ordinance No. 402, an
ordinance calling for a
public hearing on the
matter of Annexation
will be read in the
Council Chambers at
City Hall, Heppner, Ore
gon at 5:30 p.m., Jan
uary 17, 1977.
Marshall Lovgren,
Recorder
- City of Heppner, Oregon
Published Jan. fi, 1977.
NOTICE of
Annual Meeting
Willotf -Xtfeek Go!
& Country Club
January 12, 1977
7 pm
at Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op
All members & prospective
members are urged to attend
Ad sponsored by:
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Electric Co-op
Serving 3,010 sq. mi. in 5 counties
they still did not reach the cow
calf operator's break-even
price.
Oregon farm sales esti
mates are made annually.
County extension agents work
with contacting producers,
brokers, handlers, processors
and others in the food chain.
Estimates are made on more
than 100 crop categories, and
figures on major crops are
compared with those esti
mated for the state by the U.S.
Department of, Agriculture's
JANUARY SUPER
Leisure Suits
Good colors & sizes
50 off
Cowboy Boots
$20.00 off reg. price
15 pr. Mens
9 pr. Gals
Lots of Bargains
Statistical Reporting service.
Statewide income by com
modity groups for 1976 was as
follows (with percentage
change from 1975 indicated):
grains, $189.6 million (-20 per
cent ) ; cattle and calves, $162.8
million (5.5 per cent); field
crops,. $135.3 million (-.7 per
cent); specialty crops, $88.7
million (22 per cent); grass
and legume seed, $58.3 million
( 13 per cent) ; tree fruits and
nuts, $58 million (-3 per cent) ;
hay and silage, $56 million
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JANUARY
Polyester
Knits
Quilts
All Fall
Woven Fabrics
New spring fabrics
arriving daily
Judy 9 s
Fabrics & Macrame
Heppner
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(25 per cent); eggs and
poultry, $46.5 million (-2 per
cent); miscellaneous animals,
$41.8 million (24 per cent),
Morrow County's total year
ly sales were $63.9 million, a
drop of 7.6 per cent from 1975.
Gilliam County totalled $14.5
million, a drop of 15.9 per
cent; Grant was $6.9, a drop of
11.5 per cent; Umatilla County
totalled $95.8 million, down
11.6 per cent; and Wheeldr
totalled $4.1 million, increas
ing 2.6 per cent.
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