	oppenheimer industries opp sees year loss oppenheimer industries inc said it expects to report a loss for the year ended january of about dlrs compared with a profit of dlrs a year before the company blamed the loss on the continuing depression in agriculture the discontinuance of several programs due to the passage if the tax bill and the failure to close the sale of four ranches in the california carrizo plains during the year as expected the company said the prospective purchaser forfieted a dlr deposit it said it is in talks on a new contract reuter 
