Show Feeder calf dilemma to be analyzed Cattlemen and feed producers are troubled Heifer calf prices are arc disastrously low and steer prices moving up Feed prices are high but it is not moving Harvests have been bounteous Interest costs are high and some credit agencies are crowding producers for payments To help producers wit their perplexing decisions Dr Leon area coordinator coordinator coor coor- announces a meeting for pm p.m. Friday at the Moon 1 Lake auditorium in Roosevelt PROFESSORS PROFESSORS- Joe Austin area a ea livestock specialist and andRay andRay Ray Rayj Finch marketing specialist will be on hand to help analyze four alternatives namely 1 selling feeder calves this this fall 2 aback calves on hay y p Silage nai e and and- selling next next N spring 3 custom feeding contracts contract with feed producer and calf producer sharing costs gains and risks 4 hedging to fix price margins on the spring market Professor Finch will be becoming becoming becoming coming here directly from the National O Outlook Conference where these topics will be considered in n depth and national data on supply and demand evaluated Information should be helpful to livestock ck I 1 who producers still have theirs their calves feed producers who have feed on hand band and credit agency representatives who must mediate these problems |