Seed Directory Prompts 1977 Planting Plans and Warnings
The Extension Office offers copies of the certified seed directory for oats soybeans sorghum alfalfa and grasses to aid winter planting decisions. Also cautions about overpriced herbicide sales and urges reporting details to prevent purchases. The family farm session in Agricultural Park on Dec 9 runs 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with topics for keeping farms in the family. John A. Knebel will address the Nebraska Poultry Industries Convention at Holiday Inn Columbus Dec 15-16. omelet king Howard Helmer to headline the banquet.
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Agricultural Park
John A. Knebel
Nebraska Poultry Industries
Holiday Inn
Columbus
Cheon
Howard Helmer
ASCS election underway in Platte County communities
Ballots have been mailed for the 1976 ASCS Community Committee Election covering communities A B and C in Platte County. Voting runs through Monday with postmark by Dec 6 and ballots counted Wednesday at the Columbus ASCS Office.
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ASCS
Platte County
Dick James
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Joliet
Lost Creek
Monroe
St. Bernard
Walker
Woodville
Quentin Blaser
Paul Donaghue
Richard Saalfeld
Robert Schacher
Milan Siefken
James
ALCS
ASC
Columbus
Meeting on family farm incorporation set for Thursday
Platte County Extension Agent Robert Voboril says an open Extension Service session will explore whether to incorporate a family farm. The 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. meeting at Columbus Agricultural Park will feature Jim Fehringer Doug Duey and Phil Henderson.
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Phil Henderson
Duey
Farm corporations up 335 per cent in Nebraska
In Hartington Nebraska the Cedar Knox Rural Action Group reports a 335 percent rise in Nebraska farm corporations over six years. The group cites 2209 filings last year vs 659 in 1969 and notes 68 percent are family farms while 31 percent are investor corporations and 1 percent foreign. They urge legislative action to tighten reporting and control of agricultural land ownership by corporations. Also listed are Leigh Future Farmers of America Greenhands with 18 members receiving bronze emblem pins.
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Hartington, Neb
UPI
Cedar-Knox Rural Action Group
Nebraska
Cedar and Knox County
Farm Corporation
National Farmers Union
Center For Rural Affairs
LEIGH
Leigh Future Farmers of America
Greenhands
Clark Ahrens
Keith Gall
Kevin Garretson
Dennis Hake
Harlan Held
Mark Hillen
Keith Imholte
Monty Koch
Ron Leffers
Randy Machacek
Jim Magsamen
Mike McMullin
Ken Thalken
Mike Thalken
Wayne Tolle
Jim Wahl
Leon Went
Danny Wilke
Northeast Central Nebraska Farm Exposition Set for January
The 10th annual Northeast Central Nebraska Farm Exposition will run January 11 and 12 at the Platte County Agriculture Park Exhibit Hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The two day event, sponsored by Columbus radio stations K TUT AM FM, draws farmers from Nebraska, western Iowa, southern South Dakota and northern Kansas with more than 90 exhibitors expected. Educational programs led by University of Nebraska Extension agents cover irrigation and water management, minimum tillage, groundwater laws, and energy research with daily noon sessions and Q and A periods. There is no admission charge.
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Farm Department of Columbus
Ktut AM
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Duane Kantor
East Platte Area
Robert Voboril
Platte County
Cooperative Extension Service
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Les Sheffield
Deon Axthelm
William Splinter
Agriculture Engineering
Unl
Judd Morin
Paul Fischbach
Joe Stavas
Columbus
Butler County Pork Producers Elect New Officers
At the annual meeting new officers were chosen for the Butler County Pork Producers. Vic Bohuslavsky Brainard is president Vaughn Bishop Rising City vice president Fred Benesch Octavia secretary Walt Crook Rising City treasurer and board members Steve Rezac Brainard Eilert Fricke Ulysses Terry Vavrina Abie and Phil Hunsche Rising City.
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David City
Butler County Pork Producers
Vic Bohuslavsky
Brainard
Vaughn Bishop
Rising City
Fred Benesch
Octavia
Walt Crook
Steve Rezac
Eilert Fricke
Ulysses
Terry Vavrina
Abie
Phil Hunsche
Columbus 4 Telegram appears in Nebraska newspaper notice
Publication shows a local partnership paper with mailing details. It lists subscription rates by carrier in Columbus and by mail elsewhere, and instructs readers to notify the post office and paper of address changes. It notes holidays the paper is not published on and provides the Columbus address and postal details.
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Giambus
Neb
Columbus
Seeracea
Coens
Swine Seminar Set Next Week at Two Nebraska Cities
The third annual Nebraska Swine Seminar runs Wednesday December 8 at the Old Fire Hall Bloomfield and Thursday December 9 at Schantell Cafe Pender. Sessions begin 10 a.m. with a 30 minute registration and finish about 4 p.m. Speakers include James Bailey Keith Gilster Lewis Otto Tom Lucas Alex Hogg and Robert Fritschen.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Arlington
Tom Lucas
American Cyanamid Company
Mankato, Minn
Alex Hogg
UNL Extension
Farm Digest to Probe Food Middlemen Profits
A Nebraska Educational Television Network segment airs Sunday at 6 p.m. exploring how nearly 60 cents of every food dollar flows to processing transport wholesale and retail sectors. The program questions if 55.6 cents per pound beef costs reflect middlemen expenses or price gouging. Interviews with buyers and retailers illuminate meat industry margins.
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Farm Digest
Nebraska Educational Television Network
America
Plants Remembering Drought Boosts Water Use Efficiency
Dr. Charles Y. Sullivan of USDA ARS reports some drought stressed sorghum plants develop a water conservation mechanism linked to higher abscisic acid levels. California remains the top agricultural state, producing 9 percent of U S cash receipts from 2 percent of farms.
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California
U.S
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