Visitors learn about U S cattle industry in Nebraska
Manuel Avaton arrives in Nebraska after five years of correspondence and travels from the Philippines. He and Jin exchange letters about farm insurance and cattle operations. Arriving Aug 30 in San Francisco, Jie works on Walter Ranches, learning trading and ranch duties. The Avalon farm spans a quarter section on a mountainous island with limited grain, mainly corn and rice. Manual enjoys the Sand Hills people but dislikes snakes.
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Philippine Magazine
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Manual
Klosterman Praises Mead Feed Facility Plan at NU
Klosterman of David City backs the proposed 8 foot processing feed mixing and handling facility at the University of Nebraska Mead Field Laboratory. The plan aims to fund $75,000 in facilities with $60,000 raised from the cattle industry and $15,000 from animal science funds, as $19,010 has already been pledged toward a $41,000 goal.
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University of Nebraska
Hear Mead
Nebraska
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Mead
Hardin forecasts little change in farm support payments
Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin signaled final recommendations for new farm support payments would likely resemble current rates. Aides told a House subcommittee a discretionary range of payments might be set as percentages of the fair value. three issues include loan rates and yearly payment levels, with decisions expected early January.
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UPI
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Graham Purcell
D-Tex
Expansion of free lunch program seen by officials
Washington officials say a planned expansion of federal free and reduced price lunches may be completed this school year despite congressional delays. They estimate 6.6 million needy children receive aid at start, with a target of 6.6 million by June, though timing lags risk reaching all schools.
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UPI
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Quick action on hog cholera in Nebraska
Federal and state quarantine steps will be used in Nebraska and other states if hog cholera is confirmed. Counties with reported cases will be quarantined until the threat is eliminated. No feeder pigs or breeding swine may move interstate from quarantined areas, while slaughter hogs may move only if origin inspected and shipped directly to slaughter.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Marvin Twiehaus
University of Nebraska Veterinary Science Department
Twichaus
Alfalfa Protein Breakthrough Promises New Food Source
Wisconsin researchers report alfalfa yields high protein per acre, surpassing corn soybeans and rice. A method to crush and press juice extracts about half the protein, with remaining biomass usable for cattle feed, hinting at a global protein solution.
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Wisconsin Univeristy
Texas
The Eleventh Round Farm Film Series Opens in Nebraska
A five part documentary color series on agriculture and policy begins Feb 12 on Nebraska Educational Television Network. The program, produced by the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service with USDA support, examines farm bills and farm income amid rural challenges.
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Nebraska Educational Television Network
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Nebraska
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Great Plains Agricultural Council
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Mid-America
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Norfolk
Rural development rises as national policy shift
In Washington a push to make rural development a major national priority gains momentum. Nixon backs a rural task force and a cabinet council to shape and implement policy. Freeman and Hardin advocate redistributing population to create opportunities in rural areas and stem urban crowding.
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Washington
UPI
Healee Man
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Johnson
Eisenhower
Freeman
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Rural Affairs Council
America
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Corn borer numbers rise in five Nebraska districts
Lincoln Nebraska five cropping districts report higher second brood corn borer levels than a year earlier per David Keith extension entomologist University of Nebraska The northeast district showed a 28 percent rise in plants infested per 100 plants while the eastern district advanced 15 percent with 110 more borers per 100 plants The central region remained lowest at 7 percent and 94 borers per 100 plants The forecast does not predict 1970 outcomes.
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David Keith
Univeriity of
Nebraska
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