Farmers see small drop in expenses index in August
USDA data show the prices paid by farmers fell one half of 1 percent for the month ended August 15 while overall costs remained about 6 percent higher than a year earlier. Declines in farm-origin items like livestock feed and feeder livestock partly offset higher costs for building materials, with energy costs holding steady.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Oklahoma potato harvest under way prompts regional market timing
Oklahoma begins its potato harvest in July and August, expanding from 400 to over 4,000 acres in four years. Norgold Russets are the primary crop with Red Norlands and Pontiacs also grown. Potatoes move to retail outlets across a 700 mile radius, with packing and cold storage facilities supporting year round delivery. Oklahoma inspectors assess size and condition while Flem ing Foods notes thinner skins and shorter shelf life than northern potatoes, yet the timing suits fresh produce markets before northern crops arrive.
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Oklahoma
Bob Powell
Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Colorado
Idaho
North Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Randy Thomas
Colville & Wilson
Eakley
Bessie Mahan
Sugar Creek Co-op
Sickles
Louisiana
Texas
Price & Rosser
Lookeba
del City
Dan Devine
Fleming Foods
Eggs to cost consumers more this year then ease next spring
Agriculture Department analysts forecast higher retail egg prices through the remainder of 1976 with a slight easing in winter and early spring. New York wholesale grades show eggs averaging 64 to 66 cents this quarter, then 65 to 67 cents in Q4, and about 60 to 62 cents in Q1 1977. Broiler prices decline with Q4 at 37 to 39 cents per pound, while turkey wholesale prices stay around 47 to 50 cents this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
New York
Florida
Georgia
Oregon
USDA
Meat cutters strike nine Morrell plants in union rift
About 6 700 Morrell workers walked out at nine Morrell& Co. plants as contract talks stalled in Chicago. Another 1 000 Wilson& Co. workers joined walkouts in Des Moines and Logansport after a tentative pact failed. A Des Moines Swift plant also struck and six other packers awaited negotiations.
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Chicago
John Morrell & Co
Wilson & Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Logansport
Ind
Meatpacking Company
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher
Swift & Co
Morrell
Wilson
Oklahoma City
Indiana
Cincinnati
Memphis
Fort Smith, Ark
New Patience School for Parents? P.E.T. Training Explained
Larry Oats of the Area Youth Shelter outlines parent effectiveness training as a family education method to improve communication and reduce conflict. He notes it teaches listening, feedback, and shared problem solving to prevent issues and improve dynamics between parents and children.
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P.E.T
Larry Oats
Area Youth Shelter
Oats
Thomas Gordon
Gordon
White House
National Committee For Prevention of Child
Effectiveness Training, Incorporated
Pontotoc County Free Fair Set for Sept 15 18 at Ada
The Pontotoc County Free Fair opens September 15 at the Ada fairgrounds for a four day run with livestock horticulture and homemaking contests and over 1500 in premiums for county youth. Highlights include open division horse show crops judging and beef cattle events with exhibits received from Wednesday to Saturday and no gate or exhibitor fees.
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Pontotoc County
Lonnie Manuel
Johnnie Boring
Billy McNair
County Extension
John Netherton
Fair Books
OSU
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Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Wisconsin
Gene Utech
St. Paul
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