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Show Page 4 February 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News Boost roughage in cattle feeding, Monfort urges e A change in cattle feeding to grass, roughage and grain not eaten by humans was suggested by Kenneth Monfort, president of Monfort of Colorado, at the beef cattle conference during the American Farm Bureau convention in New Orleans, La., Jan. maxi-miniz- 6. Monfort of Colorado is a publicly held company with six divisions, including the worlds largest feedlots and the Monfort Packing Company. Monfort said that beef' producers helped to create their present situation by responding too much to the signals they were getting from more affluent consumers, from an ever increasing supply of feed grains and from the tremendous infusion of wealth into the feeding business in the form of tax shelter money. Responding to these signals, beef producers put younger and younger cattle in the feedlot, put on more and more pounds of meat in the feedlot. t and became more and more dependent on and wasteful of feed grains. Monfort said the bubble burst last year when feeders had more costs in their cattle than consumers could or would pay and because cowmen were building a bigger national cow herd and producing too many calves. He says cattle are good converters of grass to protein and by utilizing a system of putting on more pounds with grass and roughage and less with grain, costs of grain could be reduced , of the Monfort said the build-u- p national cow herd will also need to be reduced before much improvement is seen in the present situation. We are producing more calves than we can market profitably and we dont have enough roughage to keep calves on forage long enough. We must reduce cow numbers by 20 percent and will do that by converting cows to hamburger and increasing per capita consumption to 128 pounds of beef over the next Monfort said at the present time there is top little grain but enough for the type of feeding he has suggested. Monfort does not agree that the U.S. should use all its grains to feed the world. World population can and is Plastic Garbage Bags $5.59 $3.85 Package of 25 $1.49 STEPTOE 5-buc- kle 4-buc- kle A $10.45 $12.95 $11.25 new feed barley deen Rough awned attractive grain Excellent re- Irrigated -3- 0- 40 higher yields than Piroline sults recorded in irrigated FARM SUPPLIES: and dryland trials Tillers DEAWN Gates new spring barley Good resistance to diseases of this area Excellent resistance to loose smut Universal's Strong T ubular Steel Gates (extra heavy & galvanized) Threshability excellent (named Deawn because it sheds awn before harvest) 0 ft. 1 2 ft. Yield equal to or superior to Gem, Better-Quali- (5 ty horsepower) Tillers 1 Chain-Driv- e $283.50 ft. 1 6 ft. 14 $58.50 $65.50 rnttSli Data: 147 bu. per acre at Aber- High yielding White kerneled Overshoes overshoe overshoe overshoe for cowboy boots fflflSaogBIDogsDGEBGEHlQGlDCli NOW! Roll of 100 Roll of 40 kle feed shortages and to forestall liquidation of livestock herds. The addition brings to 17 the number of Utah counties made eligible for livestock producers aid under this program as a result of the drought. Utah counties declared eligible for aid earlier are Beaver, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Tooele, Uintah and Washington, The grain is available through county ASCS offices. The U. S. Department of Agriculture is offering government-owne- d feed grain at reduced prices in. Box Elder County, Utah, where drought conditions have resulted in severe shortage of livestock feed. Box Elder County experienced excessively dry conditions throughout much of the growing season. Officials of USDAs Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) say the emergency livestock feed program is needed to relieve High quality products at m Buy Barley Seed Sprinkler He HOME SUPPLIES: 4-buc- population. Other nations must provide that answer. Emergency livestock feed program offered in Box Eider county 0Q33Gfflog2B23jI3lE)GID(B. A expanding faster than any potential increase in agricultural production. The question is not how or who pays but how do you stop population growth that exceeds our ability to feed the 3 to 4 years. $74.95 A WEATHER TEC HEADS In Case Lots Only (20 per case) 10-3- 0S Superior, or Bonneville Recommended for fertile irrigated $80.95 10-30- D 10-2- 0S 10-20- land L (34" size) $83.00 (34 size) $85.00 (12" size) $64.00 f (12 size) $64.00 f Low INTERMOUNTAIN FARMERS STORES If IFA sells American Fork, Utah 28 N 1st West. 756-452- Cedar City, Utah N 200 West. 586-631- Delta, Utah 498 West Mein, 1 2 864-211- 0 Draper, Utah 1045 E. 12400 South 467-150- 4 it you can depend on it. Loa, Utah 80 South Mam, Payson, Utah Logan, Utah 2355 North Mam. Manti, Utah 597 W. 2nd North. 752-554- . 1 W 835-420- 394-275- 1 1st North. 465-223- 852-066- 254-350- Price, Utah Provo, Utah 55 W 5th South. 896-577- 1 Riverton, Utah 1824 W 12600 So 1 240 W 1st North. 6 Richfield, Utah 448 E. 1st South. 9 Preston, Idaho 303 So. State (208) Ogden, Utah 1375 Wall Ave 57 836-283- 1 f 637-065- 2 1 Roosevelt, Utah 192 N. 3rd East. 722-254- 2 0 Hwy. 89 So.. Salt Lake City, Utah 1800 So. West Temple 4 Soda Springs, Idaho P.O. Box 776 529-393- 1 Spanish Fork, Utah Cannery Road. 798-741- 8 673-363- 1 467-150- Salina, Utah 373-768- SI. George, Utah 310 Industrial Road (208) 547-305- 6 Tremonton, Utah 241 So 3rd West. 257-5- 4 |
