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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1983
Page
14
American agriculture is the world's largest industry employing about 23 million people across farming manufacturing transport and sale. Farmers now feed 76 people per worker versus 26 twenty years ago as the United States remains the top global exporter of farm products and grows half the world's corn.
U.S. farmers face oversupply as production exceeds market demand. Prices paid for inputs climb while prices received for crops fall. Farming costs for equipment are heavy, pushing some farmers toward bankruptcy. Experts foresee reduced plantings this spring and renewed efforts to boost overseas sales.
A Wisconsin 4 H program educates non farm youths about dairy farms and cows. The article notes city children join 4 H groups, some creating mini farms on vacant lots or at zoos as part of urban outreach.
The shamrock is Ireland's national flower linked to St Patrick who is said to have brought it to the island. St Patrick's Day on March 17 honors his death and he is Ireland's patron saint. He founded over 300 churches and the shillelagh is a wooden stick once used as a weapon and later as a cane.
Alpha Betty enjoys blowing bubbles as a word puzzle asks for BU starting terms. Seek verbs and nouns like bubble burst buildup but focus on distinct BU words found in the playful prompt.
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