Off farm jobs ease farm financial woes amid shifting county wealth
USDA findings show farm families earn 39 to 43 billion dollars off farm this year, more than crop income, yet 702 farm dependent counties remain vulnerable. The report notes regional differences, farmland values swings, and the push toward diversified rural economies, with implications for pockets of hardship and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
USDA
U.S
Fred K. Hines
Department
Economic Research Service
United States
Northern Plains
Corn Belt
Lake States
Southeast
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
America
Washington
Fate of farm bill in Reagan's hands this week
Washington AP reports Congress moves toward a new long range farm policy to support exports and aid farmers amid a deep downturn. The 1985 bill, negotiated after eight days of talks, faces votes in both chambers and a decision by President Reagan. Price supports fall in 1986, while direct subsidies are trimmed gradually by 1990, with total three year costs around 125 billion dollars. Senate leaders expect a signature, though the White House has not yet decided.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Reagan
John Black
Block
U.S
U.S. Agricul
Tural
Agriculture Department
Robert Dole
White House
Denny Brisley
Cowboys and Indians unite over prairie preserve plan
In Osage County Oklahoma ranchers led by Lee Holcombe shift from opposition to support for a tallgrass prairie national preserve. Osage Nation mineral rights and tribal council oppose citing interference with resources while Pawhuska leaders tout potential tourism, jobs, and education. The plan seeks up to 45,000 acres with limited grazing and state support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
Lee Holcombe
Osage
Flint Hills
Oklahoma
Osage County
Holcombe
Ralph Adkisson
Tulsa
Osage Tribal Council
Adkisson
Bransford Hunt Shoemake
Parks Service
Kansas
Oklahoma Wildlife Federation
The
Audubon Society
Nature Conservancy
U.S
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Lurber
Topnotch
Park Service
Tennessee
Paul Lee
Nickles
Auction raises $900 at Mount Vernon harvest jamboree
A bid to help Jim Woods holds up a saddle for bidders to see as auctioneer Bill Ellison barks into a microphone during an auction Sunday at Plaza Motors Mount Vernon. The sale raised $900 as part of a harvest jamboree to aid Farmers-to-Farmers, a farmers support group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Woods
Bill Ellison
Plaza Motors
Mount Vernon
Farmers-to-Farmers
Southern Iowa fields frozen and harvest ruined
DES MOINES AP Winter's icy grip froze southern Iowa fields leaving up to 5 percent of crops unharvested. In areas south of Highway 34 drought previously devastated 1983 crops with 30 to 50 percent of soybeans and 30 percent of corn still in fields. Iowa crop loss likely for thousands of acres. a record $52 million in premiums already paid for eight million acres. Deadline for probable loss claims was last Tuesday or within 30 days after harvest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Highway 34
Allan Seim
Ottumwa
Seim
Thomas Hawks
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Hawks
Time TV commercials and life in Nigeria
Editor notes Doris Engstrom and husband Dean once farmed in Woodbury County now serve as missionaries in Nigeria. Readers are invited to write to them. The writer recalls missing television and its ads, noting local silence on hog futures, unpredictable weather, and the constant need to stay informed as she adjusts to life abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Engstrom
Dean
Woodbury County
Nigeria
Lutheran Church of Nigeria
Obot Idim P.A
Uyo
Cross Rivers State
West Africa
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Osage County Cattlemen’s Association
Dick Lurber
Stop the Osage Prairie Park
Duncan Morrow
National Parks Service
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