U S Soybean Slump Won't Cause Shortage
An Agriculture Department analyst says a 1976 U S soybean harvest drop will not create global shortages in 1977. Brazil and Malaysia expand, cutting U S share of world trade while 1977 world meat and meal supplies face declines though other meals offset demand.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Alan E. Holz
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Brazil
Malaysia
USDA
Holz
Maps Chart Prime Farmland Threat From Urban Sprawl
The Agriculture Department will map prime and other farmland in 122 counties this year as urban growth pressures threaten cropland. The program aims to cover 46 states this year with 121 more counties and expand to about 1,200 counties by 1980, highlighting loss to development and water bodies while stressing voluntary federal guidance and no mandatory land-use sanctions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Peach County
Usda Agency
U.S
Department
Government to buy beef for schools may boost prices
Agriculture Secretary Butz announced the department will buy an unspecified amount of ground beef for school lunches this fall. The move aims to support cattle prices, though officials warn the impact on consumer beef prices may be small and mainly psychological. Last year the USDA bought 98.4 million pounds of ground beef and 65.4 million pounds of canned beef for schools at substantial costs.
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Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Carl C. Curtis
R-Neb
USDA
Butz
Buzz
Agriculture Dept Publishes 1976 Yearbook The Face of Rural America
The Agriculture Department released The Face of Rural America a 288 page yearbook with 335 photographs. It plans 233450 copies for Congress and 30000 for internal use with 550 books per senator and 400 per representative. Copies cost 730 per book from the Government Printing Office. The book features scenes of harvest irrigation rodeos 4H rabbits and farming life across states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
America
USDA
Department
Congress
U.S
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Can Lids Shortage Beckons Amid Uncertain Demand
Government officials and manufacturers weigh the risk of a repeat canning lid shortage as USDA forecasts over four billion replacement lids this year. Officials differ on whether demand will rise with inflation and home canning trends, while probes found no misconduct but offered no solution.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bill Kerr
Kerr Glass Co
Los Angeles
Grain fed cattle up said to exceed ten million head
The Agriculture Department reported July 1 grain fed cattle inventories exceeded 10 million, up 17 percent from a year earlier, with planned marketing about as high this summer as in spring. Q3 feed lot sales projected near 5.98 million head, up 19 percent from last year’s third quarter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Corn reserves may fall to 28 year low on drought demand
The Agriculture Department projects U S corn reserves this fall at 313 million bushels a 28 year low due to record export demand including drought hit Western Europe If harvest proves strong reserves could rebound to 817 million bushels by the fall of 1977 The Soviet Union has purchased 200 000 metric tons of 1976 crop corn for post October delivery bringing total purchases to 2 65 million tons of corn and 1 75 million tons of wheat under a five year agreement
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Midwest
Iowa
Europe
Russia
United States
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