Nebraska crops hit new highs with 1969 yields noted
Nebraska farmers posted record or near record yields for corn, sorghum, soybeans, oats, barley and rye in 1969. Corn reached 93 bushels per acre with a nationwide crop near 434 million bushels. Soybeans averaged 33 bushels per acre on 821,000 acres, and the state set a sorghum yield record at 76 bushels per acre. The report highlights improved yields from irrigation, hybrids, and better management amid weather and storage challenges. Washington officials announce rural housing gains under the new housing act, with Farmers Home Administration promising conditional commitments to builders to expand mortgage credit for low income rural homes.
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Tancoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
A. F
Gus" Dealer
Dreier
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Adinistration
FHA
James V. Smith
Smith
A 1967 snapshot shows rural land loss and shifts in use
A UPI report from Bernard Brenner summarizes a Soil Conservation Service inventory showing 1.438 billion acres of nonfederal rural land in 1967, with cropland, pasture, forests and other land changing since 1958. The study highlights an 18 million acre net shift out of farming land, mainly to nonfarming uses, and stresses conservation needs across cropland, range, pastures and forests.
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Bernard Brenner
UFI
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Push button farming and the coming data age
The piece discusses 1969 census forms and tax guides, urging accurate completion for 1970 figures and end-of-year returns. It envisions computers aiding farms by shifting from generalized to specific farm records and decision support, noting costs and farm-specific needs. It ends with a quip about ribbing.
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Fivery Farm
Hardin urges policies to aid growth in rural areas
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin urged new national policies to spur unprecedented growth in nonmetropolitan areas. He cited tax, food aid, and education steps, noting hoped rural population redistribution, higher farm income, and progress against poverty and malnutrition.
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Hardin
Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Jardin
Nixon
Cabinet Rural Affairs Council
America
Johnson
Cooperative Extension Service
Skretch
American Cooperation yearbook highlights farm co op growth
The American Institute of Cooperation releases the 1969 American Cooperation yearbook, a nearly 600 page record from the 41st summer session at the University of Illinois. It covers farm marketing, price bargaining, credit services, and cooperative management, with sections on dairy and grain marketing, transportation, education, and youth programs. It notes mergers, joint operations, and expanded farm credit plans for the 1970s.
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American Institute of Cooperation
America
American Cooperation
ALC
Farmer's National ‘Educational and Research Agency
Vernon “J. Sehneider
University of Illinois
Popcorn production up sharply in Nebraska and nation
Nebraska's 1969 popcorn output reached 768 million pounds, up 34 percent from 1968, with 240 million acres harvested, modestly higher than last year. The yield rose from 2.4 to 3.2 tons per acre, while the U S crop totaled 538 million bushels, up 15 percent from 1968 and 24 percent from 1967.
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Lincoln
4 H notes Happy Henry Lees Club meeting report
4 H notes describe a Christmas themed meeting at Debbie Davidson's with games prizes songs and refreshments. A second Silver Star meeting at Darrel Rickert's home elected new officers JoAnne Lusche Barbara Slug Kathy Klug Jin Klug Keith Runge and notes Kathy Klug reporting.
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Happy Henry Lees Club
Debbie Davidson
Katrina Tarnick
Diane Egger
Silver Star
Darrel Rickert
JoAnne Lusche
Barbara Slug
Tressurer
Kathy Klug
Jin Klug
Keith Runge
Rickert
Lusch
Nebraska adopts new dairy quality standards act
Lincoln UPI reports Nebraska passes a 1969 law setting manufacturing grade milk health and equipment standards to align with Grade A bottled milk. It licenses 20 processing plants and 6,400 producers by May 25, with inspectors to ensure compliance.
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Michael J. Kaeser
Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska
State Department of
Periedials
W. G. McCubbin
Bureau of Dairies, Foods
URS
McCubbin
USDA
Departent of Health, Education and Welfare
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Department of Agriculture
Piryit
Warner
Bob
Columbus, Nebraska
Agricultural Park
Max L
Schuster
U of N
Laren Robison
John Furrer
Blanco Products
Glenn Klingman
Ag. Park Auditorium
Robert Roselle
John Weiking
Arnold Howard Geigy Chemical Company
Coffos
The
University of Nebraska — College of Agriculture
Nebraska Agricultural Chemicals Association
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
East Platte Area Extension Service
Ouene Kantor
Area Extension Agronomis
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Willard Wale
Dewitt
U.S. Department of Agricultre
South Dakota
Leonhard Conoco
14Th St
27Th Ave
Burrows
Township
Butler Township
Richard Schure
Jacob Gerber
Columbus Township
Julius C. Nyffeler
Creston Township
Ed Wiemer
Grand Prairie Township
Herman Oehlrich
Granville Township
Humphrey Township
Joliet Township
Matt Brockhaus
Gene Zach
Lost Creek Township
Darwin Lewis
John Miksch
Loup Township
Monroe Township
Oconee Township
St. Bernard Township
Shell Creek Township
Ed Pilakowski
Phil Zak
Bill Weise
John Saixen
Walker Township
Woodville Township
John Anderson
Vernon Pearson
Ray M. Hauser
Platte County
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