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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1977
Page
2
Farmers advised to avoid over tilling and plant on time with spring crops while reducing inputs due to low soil moisture. Alfalfa irrigation guidance offered, plus tree plantings from Clarke McNary program and immediate care steps. A separate note covers a bill to ease antitrust challenges to farm co ops and potential reforms to milk marketing orders.
John Van Ells of the Lower Platte Natural Resources District warns March and April are peak months for range fires in Nebraska driven by farmers burning debris. High winds and dry conditions raise risk. Fires during the Marshall burning ban rose last year. burning without checking with officials is illegal. He urges plowing a fire line and never leaving a burning site unattended.
Nebraska faces a shortage of vocational agriculture teachers as demand exceeds supply. UNL agriculture education graduates from 1970 to 1976 show 37 percent becoming voag instructors while 78 percent of first year Nebraska vo ag instructors in 1976 graduated from UNL. Average teaching tenure among vo ag instructors is 5.6 years.
The University of Nebraska Lincoln outlines its tractor testing program run times, the 1976 results with 30 tractors including European models, and 1977 plans with 35 tractors. It describes how reports are obtained, pricing, and aims to evaluate every production model sold in Nebraska under state law to ensure accuracy, comparability, and public access.
Twenty Future Farmers of America members received $50 awards from the Knights of Ak Sar Ben at the annual FFA convention in Lincoln this week. Joel Jay Loseke of the Leigh FFA chapter earned a prize for farm betterment and Richard Mullenhoff of the Leigh chapter for livestock production.
The Eastern Nebraska Beef Cattle Testing Station at Schuyler reports a top gaining pen of six Charolais bulls owned by Tom Sherman of Marquett and J C Ranch Smithville MO. After 112 days the six bulls average 4.27 pounds daily gain. A total of 27 pens from nine breeds across three states are on test. One hundred of the top bulls will be sold at an auction at the station on April 30.
Government data show productivity per man hour in agriculture rising about twice as fast as manufacturing, highlighting a strong efficiency gain in farming compared with factory work.
The University of Nebraska Lincoln Bl and Bridle Club schedules the Big Red Progress Show at the Fairgrounds in Lincoln on April 9. Four H and FFA members may enter breeding heifer mark heifer market steer and sheep under the show rules with entries obtainable from Extension offices or vocational agriculture instructors.
Nitrogen is the main fertilizer factor for corn yields. Yellow flags this season show many growers applied less nitrogen than needed last year. For yields above about 80 bushels per acre, fertilizer nitrogen is required. a rule of thumb suggests 3 to 4 pounds of N per additional bushel above 80, with 180 pounds plus 4 per bushel for higher goals.
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