Dawn of a New South reshapes southern farming
The February Farm Index article from the USDA Economic Research Service portrays a transformed Southern agriculture. It notes a shift from cotton dominance to peanuts and soybeans, with gains in cattle hogs poultry and dairying. The piece ties this to regional growth since Reconstruction and situates it alongside Carter’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Georgia
New South
Farm Index
USDA
Economic Research Service
South
Dixie
Jimmy Carter
John G. Stovall
Southern Regional Planning Committee
Atlanta
Stovall
Old Confederacy
Oklahoma
Kentucky
U.S
Short soybean harvest to hurt world supplies
A senior Agriculture Department official warns Brazil's 1977 soybean harvest will be smaller than previously thought, tightening world supplies and potentially pushing up U.S. soy prices. Assistant Secretary Richard E. Bell notes Brazil’s 1976 crop fell short, while the 1977 outlook remains strong but insufficient to offset demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brazil
Richard E. Bell
U.S
Bell
USDA
Porous asphalt tested for runoff and water recharge
ARS researchers at University Park test a porous asphalt that allows rainfall to percolate through. Lab samples show 60 to 70 inches per hour permeability, with Willow Grove Naval Air Station as the test site to study effects on runoff groundwater recharge and water quality.
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University Park
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
ARS
James B. Urban
ARS Northeast Watershed Research Center
Philadelphia
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Mr. Urban
Direct payments overhaul gains support in drought relief plan
Sen. Bob Dole advances a bill to replace the present disaster payments with a government subsidized insurance program for losses in wheat cotton corn rice sorghum and barley. The plan would extend coverage to all farmers, fund a 25 percent subsidy, and reduce federal costs from an estimated 424.7 million in 1978 to about 114 million. Soybean prices are expected to rise with tightening U S supplies and a large Brazilian 1977 harvest.
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Washington
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
FCIC
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge-Dole
Ag Land Trust sparks renewed debate over family farms
The Ag Land Trust mutual fund plan to invest pension and tax exempt funds in farm land raises fears of loss of the family farm system. Senator George McGovern and Representatives Nolan and Richmond urge scrutiny in Congress. Cont’l Illinois Bank and Merrill Lynch back the plan which would lease land to farmers under sharecropping. The Congressional Research Service warns of possible corporate takeover of agriculture by 2076 as farms grow larger and costlier.
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Washington
Ag-Land Trust
George McGovern
Dl.d
Carter Administration
Richard M. Nolan
Dminn
Fred Richmond
Linois National Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
National Stock Brokerage House
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Pension Funds
Mutual Fund
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
A. Barry Carr
Service
Food and Agriculture
Bergland mulls reorganization of USDA agencies
Bergland plans to reorganize some Agriculture Department agencies and adjust command lines but is unlikely to move quickly on a name change. A USDA Young Executive Committee report notes food and nutrition programs now dominate the department and argues to keep such programs under USDA while assessing possible new names. The panel found sentiment for keeping food programs in USDA despite calls to move them to HEW, depending on Carter administration and Congress plans.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Department of Agriculture
Department
Department of Food and Agriculture
USDA
Bergland
Carter Administration
Congress
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