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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1976
Page
2
Farm notes warn spider mites in corn after root worms and armyworms. Detect webs on leaves. apply chemical control if two to three lower leaves die and dent stage not reached. Seed wheat cleaning and germination testing advised. Hessian fly dates noted for Platte County. Livestock stress in heat requires ventilation and water. avoid shock cooling. Quote about curves ends note.
Area Extension Agronomist Duane Kantor says droughty fields and spider mites are drying irrigated corn. Webbing on leaf undersides signals heavy mite presence, warranting chemical control before dent stage.
Foreign Animal Agriculture recommends a model law requiring cooking or processing garbage to prevent disease outbreaks when fed to swine. The proposal targets states that have not outlawed feeding food wastes to swine and could be adopted where such practices persist.
The Columbus Telegram lists publication details and postal information, including carrier and mail rates of 2.75 per month in Columbus, 17.00 per year in Nebraska, and 28.00 per year outside Nebraska. It instructs subscribers to report changes of address to the postmaster and notes a missing person line with contact hours.
Democratic and Republican leaders tell farmers embargoes may be needed in national emergencies while pledging no permanent ban. Carter and Dole spar over past and potential export controls and the political impact on farm votes amid 1970s grain and soybean embargo history.
The Agriculture Department reports cigarette output is increasing but at the slowest rate in 14 years. Global production may rise about 2 percent in the year, below 1975’s 2.2 percent and 1974’s 3 percent, yielding over 3 trillion cigarettes. Factors include higher taxes and rising costs.
An Agriculture Department report shows farm returns down 8.5 percent in July while middlemen’s share rose 4.5 percent. Retail beef prices fell from June cited as 1.38 per pound, but when adjusted for farm price declines, the drop would have been steeper. Beef and pork spreads widened as farm prices fell sharply but retail changes stayed modest. Bread was cheaper year over year. Marketing spreads narrowed for poultry and oilseed products as middlemen absorbed higher farm costs.
The council says farming overproduction would force removing half of farmers if the country only produced its own needs. This CNS report conveys concerns about surplus crops and potential farm cuts.
Dr. Allen C. Wellman of the University of Nebraska Lincoln urges cow calf producers who culled herds in the last 18 months to reverse the trend. He notes that replacement heifers from this year's calf crop will mature into yearling calves for the 1979 80 market, with better prices anticipated. He calls for long range planning.
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