Foreign investment on U S farms urged by new legislation
A Carter administration official warned that including a high land cost allowance in new price supports for grains could attract substantial outside capital to U S farmland, including Middle East oil money. He cautioned this could threaten family farms and ignite bidding for land. The proposal aims to lower price supports and extend full cost protection.
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Washington
Carter Administration
U.S
Middle East
Congress
Howard W. Hjort
Agriculture Department
USDA
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Hjort
Senate
House
Europe
AgLand Fund I
Ag-Land
Wheat storage a growing problem for farmers
Wheat storage is tight across the grain belt with about 80 percent of capacity in terminals, elevators, and farm bins filled. Officials warn grain may be left uncovered after harvest risking deterioration, while traders express cautious optimism about spring weather easing space pressure.
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Jefferson City
Reclaimed strip mining reshapes Haskell County land and economy
In Haskell County Oklahoma strip mining from the early twentieth century left waste piles and dry pits. Reclamation laws now require topsoil preservation and land restoration turning pits into grazing land and recreation. Coal firms deliver coal to foreign markets while landowners gain via leases and improved land value.
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Stigler
Yesteryear
Haskell County
McClelland-Kerr
Arkansas River
Uncle Sam
Oklahoma
Haskell
Garland Coal Company
Japan
Ted Evicks
Bats
Herb Banks
ASC
Fed
Banks
Bermuda
Lve
Martin
North Central states core of U S cropland output
Washington AP reports the 12 state north central region dominates U S agricultural production. The USDA says the area yields over 80 percent of corn 70 percent of soybeans more than 50 percent of beef cattle and 40 percent of milk and turkeys. Sub regions include Corn Belt Lake States and Northern Plains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Northcentral
United States
U.S
Economic Research Service
Usda Agency
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Corn Belt
Lake States
Northern Plains
Stratford Teacher Wins Garvin County Teacher of the Year
Howard Briggs industrial arts teacher at Stratford was named Garvin County Teacher of the Year by the county teachers association. He long served in Tulsa, moved to Stratford eight years ago, organized the local industrial arts fair, and is active in OFA NEA IAA and other groups. He and wife Juanita have two daughters and he serves in the Masonic Lodge and Freewill Baptist Church board.
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Stratford
Howard Briggs
Garvin County
County Teachers Association
Maysville
Oklahoma Education Association
Briggs
Tulsa
Vaness High School
East Central University
OFA
National Education Association
Oklahoma Industrial Arts Association
The
American Industrial Arts Association
East Central
CFA District
Walter Hughes
Stratford Schools
Juanita
Andrea
Angela
Masonic Lodge
Freewill Baptist Church
Giant Vegetables Rise to Record Size in Family Seed Venture
Jane and Gene Grace promote seeds to grow giant and miniature vegetables after shocking finds like a 186-pound pumpkin. Their catalog offers seed packs and a $250 world-record melon prize, detailing U.S. and England records for crops from cabbage to tomatoes, cucumber to gourds, with numerous named growers and measurements.
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Associated Press
Jane
Gene Grace
Clark
Japan
Egypt
Graces
Hackettstown
N.J
U.S
United States
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Homer
J. Don Cook
Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Midwest
Bill Theis
Simonds Shields-Theis Grain Company
Kansas City
Theis
Grady Martin
Garvin
Charles W. Carter
Eaton Rapids
Minn
Ed Weeks
Tarboro
N.C
F.H. Smotherman
Clovis
N.M
Bob Ritz
Canton
Jacob Weber
Henry Shaubling
Branson
Gould
John G. Ritz
Dewey Phillips
Mars Hill
Mitch Biederman
Pepper
June Rutherford
Hatch
Bob Fox
Ravenna
Aretha Derb
Joseph Proetta
Philadelphia
Robert Ford
Cornell
Frank Fischer
Santa Ana
Calif
Mary Pinkley
Richfield
Russian Mammoth
Herb
Lee Vinson
Coleman
Tex
Joseph Torna
Ashtabula
Clarence Dailey
Monona
Wis
Lloyd
James
Crow
NC Giant
England
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