Northern Great Plains Are Gripped by Drouth
A vast stretch of the northern Great Plains suffers a severe drouth with little rainfall in May and June. Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota and Canadian provinces face crop and pasture losses, forest fires and calls for aid. Forest towers manned, cattle fed hay, and preparations for hay banks indicate widespread impact on farmers and ranchers.
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Red River
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Dakotas
North Dakota Farmers Union
Grasshoppers Ravage Dakota Montana Drouth Areas
United Press International reports a severe grasshopper invasion across Montana and the Dakotas. Drought conditions drive the outbreak, with millions in losses expected and states seeking disaster aid from the agriculture department. Montana cites no funds to help farmers while extreme counts reach 15 to 20 pests per square foot in one eastern county.
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United Press International
Agriculture Department
Montana
Tim Babcock
Orville Freeman
Grasshoppers Threaten Pastures Across Plains States
Board of Supervisors notes chemical sprays slow invaders but do not stop them. Control agents must be weak enough to allow grazing and meat testing. Reports from Me dor a North Dakota and McIntosh South Dakota describe heavy infestations, with 5 insects per square foot in Billings and Golden Valley counties. Cattlemen sell early due to drought and parched grass. Montana east of the divide faces harsher outlook as 80s and 90s heat and little rain foster hopper growth.
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Cornell
Billings
Golden Valley
Montana
Continental Divide
Extension Men Warned on Farm Bill Opposition
Washington AP reports that county agricultural agents and extension service staff were urged to remain neutral on the Kennedy administration farm bill. Dr. E T York Jr, administrator of the federal extension service, reaffirmed neutrality in letters to state extension directors as word spread of agents speaking against the proposed legislation.
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E. T. York, Jr
Federal Extension Service
Washington
Extension Service
York
Cass County 4-H Girls Visit Fairfax Juniors in Iowa Exchange
Nine Cass County 4-H girls aged 10 to 17 visited Linn County's Fairfax Jolly Juniors 4-H club, toured the Amana colonies after lunch in Amana, and spent a night with Fairfax members before returning home. The exchange was organized by Cass county and Fairfax leaders Mrs. Shirley Stakey, Mrs. Joe Shubert, Mrs. Raymond Mulherin, and Mrs. Edwin Benish amid remarks that the project is new for the clubs.
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Linn County
Southern Fairrfax Jolly
Iowa
Shirley Stakey
Atlantic
Joe Shubert
Viota
Fairfax
Amana
Fairfax Club J
Raymond Mulherin
Walford
Edwin Benish
Fairfax 4-H Club
Verna Madill
Linn County Extension
Cornpicking Contest Set for Oct 10 in Tipton Iowa
The 13th annual Iowa state mechanical cornpicking contest will be held October 10 at the Crock and McCrosky farm one mile northeast of Tipton. Sponsored by WMT stations Tipton Jaycees and the extension service, it offers classes for one and two row pickers, plus picker-shellers and combines with corn heads. Demonstration plots of 42 hybrid varieties on a 20 acre field will be harvested the day before the contest and yield results posted for study by visitors.
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Iowa State
Crock and McCrosky
Tipton
WMT
Bob Nance
Tipton Jaycees
Extension Service
Nance
USDA Sets County Corn Prop Levels 1961
The U S department of agriculture announced 1961 crop corn county minimum price-support rates tied to a $1.20 per bushel national average. Iowa counties see rates from $1.11 to $1.19, with the program continuing loans and purchase agreements through harvest to May 31, 1962 and loans maturing July 31, 1962.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
1961 Feed Grain Program Limits Price Support
Under 1961 legislation, price support on corn is limited by each eligible farm's 1959 60 yield per acre adjusted by a productivity index and county determined corn acreage. To qualify, corn must be grown in 1961 and grade No 3 or better, except test weight may equal No 4.
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County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Five Month Farm Market Receipts Rise In 1961
Washington reports that the Agriculture Department notes higher farm product prices, stable input costs, and larger cash receipts in the first five months of 1961. Farm real estate values on March 1 were about 1 percent above a year earlier and 2 percent above last November, according to The Demand and Price Situation monthly release by the Economic Research Service.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
ISU Women Named to Home Economics Posts
Miss Louise Rosenfeld and Dr. Marjorie M. McKinley of Iowa State University were elected to lead AH EA sections at the Cleveland annual meeting. Rosenfeld heads extension service and McKinley oversees institution administration. Both have long ISU tenure and oversee related home economics programs.
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Louise Rosenfeld
Marjorie M. McKinley
Iowa State University
American Home Economics Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosenfeld
A.H.E.A
McKinley
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Farm income rising on higher prices and markets activity
The report notes a 1.6 percent price rise for cattle and poultry in the second quarter and mixed price movements at central markets through early June. May cash receipts from marketings total about 5 percent higher than 1960, with crop and livestock marketing 4 percent larger. May receipts estimated at 2.3 billion dollars, while advance payments under the 1961 feed grain program total about 265.3 million dollars in certificates through June 2.
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