Evans urges measured farm policy shift from drought crisis
Rep. Cooper Evans tells Fed Chairman Volcker and other policy leaders that the drought will wipe out most of the corn surplus, raise prices, and strain farm credit. He proposes barter trade and collateral for loans, warns of bank distress, and stresses nonconfrontational, suggestion-led influence in policy shaping.
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There is a time to farm or to quit in agriculture
In this column reflecting on two years of Farm life commentary, Doris Engstrom examines if there is a time to quit. She discusses debt, land value drops, rising costs, drought and floods, and asks whether family farms will endure or become corporations. Readers are invited to consider the future of farming.
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Farmland values rise as agricultural credit improves
A Federal Reserve Bank survey of bankers in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming finds stronger agricultural lending demand more borrowing funds and farmland values up 2 to 3 percent from a year earlier. Renewals and extensions fell signaling farmers’ improving ability to meet obligations despite high debt costs and price uncertainty.
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Irony of the grain reserve helps Reagan in farm country
The 1983 drought boosts prices and trims surpluses, with the farmer owned grain reserve acting as a cushion for the Reagan administration. The program, begun under Carter and extended by Congress, stabilizes supply and prices, aiding farm loans and PIK programs while complicating debates over free market agriculture.
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Scribile Broes I Judd Four Back Total
Word puzzle page instruction and scoring list with rearrangement directions and a note of tomorrow’s solution dated 1983 United Feature Syndicate.
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