This regular feature provides the current outlook on price trends for cattle, hogs, corn and soybeans.

Twenty-two different amino acids normally occur in feedstuffs, and 10 of these are essential in the pig's ration. The author discusses amino acid sources, animal requirements and methods of balancing rations for amino acid content.

It would appear that with the declining number of farm operators, agriculture is providing a large number of workers for other industries. But that's a myth, says this author, who examines the figures in a recent five-year period.

Reasonable estimates of crop damage from flooding can be made by using aerial photography along with a limited amount of field inspection and crop sampling. This finding came out of one phase of an agriculutral engineering research study of movement of excess water through watersheds.