EPA set to unveil plan bringing small farms under manure rules
Washington AP reports a court ordered EPA plan will require many small livestock farms to meet federal manure pollution controls. The proposal, expected Monday, could cost farmers hundreds of millions over a decade and provoke farm group opposition in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S
Natural Resources Defense Council
EPA
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Experts fear farm prices are on rise in multiple sectors
Kansan and Omaha reports describe experts warning farm prices may stay firm while costs rise. The Kansas City seminar cites producers with large investments and notes grain prices may not return to earlier lows. ABP creditors face losses and restructuring under court plan.
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Kansas City
Joseph Neff
B. C. Christopher Co
Farm income to fall in 1975 despite large overall gains
The Agriculture Department projects total net income from crop and livestock at about 25 billion dollars in 1975, down 10 percent from 1974’s 27.7 billion. The report notes varied sector performance, higher land values, rising farm assets to 549 billion and debt near 90.6 billion by year end.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Suez Canal reopening boosts U S farm exports in Middle East
Agriculture analyst John B. Parker of the ERS says the Suez Canal’s June reopening fuels stronger U S rice and grain sales to Iran Iraq Kuwait and other Gulf markets. He cites 1974 75 records and notes continued growth despite sharp drops in European sales with U S exporters now delivering competitive prices even for long grain rice.
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Washington
Suez Canal
U.S
Arabian Peninsula
Agriculture Department
John B. Parker
Department
Economic Research Service
Canada
Parker
Mideast
Asia
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
Suez
Pakistan
Thailand
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Peninsula
Europe
Oklahoma farmers to receive Crop and Livestock Inquiry
About 17 000 Oklahoma farmers and ranchers will get a Crop and Livestock Inquiry in mid November. The survey, conducted by the Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service with the state and U S Department of Agriculture, covers late season crops and livestock numbers and winter wheat acreage. Individual reports are confidential and published with state and county estimates, with initial 1976 wheat crop figures released December 22.
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Coy G. McNabb
University of Missouri
Morton I. Sosland
Milling and Baking News
Kansas City
Sosland
McNabb
Chicago
Soviet Union
Poland
C. Edward Harshbarger
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Harshbarger
Harold L. Oppenheimer
Allen Pearson
National
Midwest
Plains
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Robert L. Barr
Bagpod Poisoning Threatens Cattle in Oklahoma Pastures
Oklahoma State University agronomist warns that bagpod or coffeebean weed, common in southern Oklahoma, is highly poisonous to cattle. The plant grows 2 to 12 feet, with brown pods containing two seeds. green leaves and seeds are deadly. Frost to mid March is the riskiest season, and there is no cure. Removal of plants and avoiding new cattle in infected pastures are advised.
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Stillwater
Cleveland
Creek
Jim Stritzke
Oklahoma State University
Stritzke
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Da’s Economic Research Service
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