To stay ahead of oat rust races that can multiply 50 percent per day in late June, oat breeders at the Iowa Experiment Station are breeding in earlier maturity and adding extra genetic resistance to oat diseases.

What can they do? What do they cost?

The concept of a meat-type hog today is different than it was 10 years ago. Carcass qualities are improving right along. But there's still room for improving both the hogs and the methods for paying for them.

The December 1 Pig Crop Report contained good news for hog producers. It showed 4 percent fewer hogs producers. It showed 4 percent fewer hogs and pigs on farms than a year earlier. The 1963 fall pig crop of 42.8 million head was also 4 percent smaller than the 1962 fall crop. The fall pig crop plus the spring pig crop makes a U.S. total 1963 pig crop of 93 million head. This was 1 percent less than the 1962 pig crop.