USDA foresees 1977 grocery prices up 3 to 4 percent
Agriculture Department economists predict a modest 3 to 4 percent rise in the 1977 retail food price average from 1976. Beef, milk, pork, and eggs are analyzed with emphasis on middlemen costs and crop size, while about half of price increases come from processing and distribution charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
James Donald
USDA
Donald
Farming Outlook As Bicentennial Wanes In Area
Reflecting on the year farmers faced drought and variable yields. Irrigation wells and center pivots shaped operations while Army worms and spider mites cut yields in some fields. Livestock prices remained mixed. 4 H youth enrollment hit 973 as 1976 extension programs wrap.
Columbus Telegram Publication Details and Subscription Rates
The Columbus Telegram lists address at 1254 27th Avenue Columbus Nebraska, notes daily publication excluding major holidays, and provides subscription costs 2.75 monthly by carrier, 17.00 yearly by mail within Nebraska, 28.00 yearly outside Nebraska, with change of address instructions to notify the postmaster.
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Columbus
Neb
Nebraska
Columbus Telegram
New Boone Nance Extension Agent Named Johnson Takes Post
Phillip L. Johnson will become the Boone Nance counties Extension agent effective January 1. He holds a 1965 B S in animal industries and a 1967 M S from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has Peace Corps Fiji research experience and Jaycees leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Phillip L. Johnson
Boone-Nance Counties
Loyd L. Young
Boone County Extension Board
Dan Meysenburg
Ray Peregrine
Nance County
Johnson
Illinois
Polo, Il
Animal Industries
Southern Illinois
U.S. Jaycees
Illinois Jaycees
North Central Region Drives Feed Grain Exports in 1974
The 14 state North Central Region including Nebraska exported just over one billion bushels of feed grain in 1974 valued at about 3.7 billion dollars. The region supplied 77 percent of U.S. feed grain exports and accounted for almost 50 percent of feed grains moving in world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central Region
Nebraska
U.S
Lindsay Manufacturing Gives T Bones to Platte County Employees
Lindsay Manufacturing Co plans 8900 pounds of T bones as Christmas gifts for 890 workers at Lindsay and Amarillo plants. The Platte County Livestock Feeders organized the effort with Schuyler Packing Co and Newman Grove Locker to source, process, and package the beef. The program, worth about $14000, aims to expand in 1977 as other local firms also donate meat to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay Manufacturing Co
Lindsay
Platte County Livestock
Schuyler Packing Company
Newman Grove
Platte County
Lindsay Manufacturing Company
Amarillo
Texas
Bern Zimmerer
Midwest
Leland Nelson
Platte County Feeders
Larry Cherry
Lindsay Manufacturing
Nebraska Winter Wheat Seedings Drop to 3.3 Million Acres
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports winter wheat seedings at 3.3 million acres, down 3 percent from last year, the second largest planted area since 1967. Seeding finished near normal despite dry moisture. December 1 conditions forecast 1977 production at 99.0 million bushels, up 5 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Minimum tillage gains cited by Nebraska researchers
Interviews with Ed Harms and Bob Woboril show minimum tillage conserves moisture and soil, reduces erosion and costs, with yields similar to conventional tillage. Main drawbacks include initial equipment costs and reluctance to change. adoption rising in Platte County with 10 to 15 percent using some form of minimum tillage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Linhorst
Ed Harms
Soil Conservation Service
Bob Woboril
U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Voboril and
Harms
SCS
Voboril
Platte County
Vobril
Platte Valley
Harmes
USDA
Extension Service
Nebraska
Sutko named Agrifax Coordinator for Federal Land Bank Omaha
Sutko named Agrifax Coordinator for the Federal Land Bank of Omaha to coordinate the Agrifax electronic farm record service across 46 local associations in Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. He joined the Land Bank System in 1974 as a loan officer and previously served as assistant vice president at Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Mark Sutko
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Sutko
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Land Bank System
Columbus Federal Land Bank Association
Agrifax
Bank
Columbus
Pork supply up and prices fall 1977 outlook
Pork production rose sharply with October up nearly 30 percent from a year earlier and September up over 20 percent. Hog prices are about 37 percent below a year ago as wholesale and retail prices begin to reflect declines, promising continued favorable supply through 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pork Industry Group
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Verlo Butz
P.L
Butz
Seed certifier to speak at Crop Improvement Days
Roy Becker president of the National Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies will speak at Crop Improvement Days January 17 18 at the Radisson Cornhusker Hotel. He will discuss compliance with the Federal Seed Act and the benefits of planting genetically pure identifiable seed beside topics on soil fertility water energy pesticides and crop issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
National Association of Official
Roy Becker
Columbus
Ohio
Radisson Cornhusker
Dean Lancaster
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Becker
Lancaster
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Ag Dept
Columbus 9 Telegram
27Th Avenue
Boone-Nance
Peace Corps
Northwest
Platte
County
T-Bones
Jcpeney
White Sale
ON Earth
United Accum
United Income United Science
Edwin A. Krohn
Downtowner Bidg
TSA
Keogh
IRA
Elden Mueller
14Th
Nebr
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hartford, CT
Our
Turkey
Culligan
U.S. 30 Center
25Th Street
Alligan
Platte, Butler and
Colfax Counties
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