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Show AAA Farm News 1946 FOOD PRODUCTION GOALS ARE ANNOUNCED Food production goals for Utah in 1946 call for about the same production of most farm commodities commo-dities as were asked for in 1945. This continued high production is needed because of the high civilian civil-ian demand, exports at levels a-bout a-bout the same as a year ago and comparative large supplies needed for the U. S. military. Civilian demand de-mand will continue high because of increased population and the removal re-moval or ration restrictions which will allow greater freedom in purchasing pur-chasing many items of food which were rationed during the war. The demand for what the farmer produces will depend to a large extent ex-tent on the number of workers employed em-ployed and what they get for their work. But all indications point to a demand that will absorb a food production in most instances equal to 1945. FEED SUPPLY TIGHTENS UP The latest report of the department depart-ment of agriculture on the country's coun-try's feed supplies for 1945-1946 i season shows feed grains and by product feeds about 2 per cent smaller than in 1944-1915, a large supply of oats, and the prospect that carry-overs of corn and barley bar-ley probably will be reduced to a fairly low level at the end of the current growing season. Total supplies of feed concentrates concen-trates for the 1945-1946 season, including in-cluding feed grains, by product feeds, and wheal and rye for feed as of December 1 were indicated at about 158.5 million tons less than the 1944-1945 supply. Total supplies of feed grains are larger than a year ago, but loss wheat will be fed this season than last, and by product feed supplies will be slightly smaller than the record supplies of last season. Competition Competi-tion for available supplies of feed concentrates will be severe thru-out thru-out the winter and spring. POSSIBILITIES IN LIVESTOCK PRICES Secretary of Agricullure Clinton P. Anderson has pointed out these three possible courses of action regarding re-garding livestock prices. Both ceilings ceil-ings and subsidies could be dropped drop-ped on June 30; subsidy payments could be discontinued and ceiling prices lifted enough to permit the subsidies to be absorbed in part or in whole; and subsidies and ceilings ceil-ings could be continued. If Congress Con-gress and the president decide it is necessary to "hold the line" on the cost of living after June .'JO, food prices must also be kept under un-der control, the secretary said and pointed out that livestock producers produc-ers will. cxpr'rI- treatment similar to that of other agricultural producers pro-ducers who expanded during the war. Under the Sleagull amendment, amend-ment, the government has pledger! pledg-er! to su pport prices to most of these producers at not. less than 90 percent of parity. AAA CHAIRMAN URGES BETTER LAND, WATER USE Continued high production of food and greater conservation of water anrl soil resources was the message Thomas Reeve, secret ary of the Millard county AAA committee, com-mittee, brought back to the farmers farm-ers of the county from the three-day three-day AAA conference of count y committeemen held in Cedar City, January 17, 18 and 19. He said the committeemen were told at the conference that if distribution dis-tribution programs are adefunl e, if should not. be necessary to place any kind of cont rol on product ion until food needs of every person in the country are met. Only after every hungry person is filled and surpluses pile up been use t here is no one to eat. them should controls be necessn ry. He said there was a general feeling feel-ing by county cotnmi 1 1 eemen who attended the conference that farmers farm-ers are becoming more conserva-tive conserva-tive minded and that, the AAA payments pay-ments are being used to nsslsl. in carrying rait needed practices iu-stead iu-stead of conservation practices being be-ing carried out to earn AAA payments. pay-ments. lie urged the farmers of Millard county to become mure familiar with the provisions of Iho AAA program so that, I hey can make belter irie fif the program In solving sol-ving their soil and irrigation water problems. |