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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1977
Page
3
Outgoing Ford officials plan to ask Congress for a $10 million capital stock increase for the Federal Crop Insurance Corp to prevent a cash shortfall if citrus freezes or winter wheat losses rise next spring. The move accompanies a broader push to expand crop insurance and address ongoing deficits.
Nebraska folklorist Roger Welsch will headline the Pla Co Pork Producers banquet January 18 at Oak Ballroom Schuyler with Windsor loin on the menu. Welsch, assistant professor at the University of Nebraska, has authored folklore pieces and a new book Omaha Trickster Tales and Myths due soon. About 650 tickets are expected for the third annual event with social hour and Vernon Konsel combo dance.
Beef and dairy management seminars scheduled for February 8 to 10 at the Ramada Inn in Grand Island Neb sponsored by Nebraskas and Harvestore dealers will educate farmers and ranchers on new techniques for marketing products. George D Marx of the University of Minnesota will speak on herd health and nutrition with other experts including Gene Flynn and Dean Gresham. Banquet speaker is Emmett F Butler. Junior Leaders Albion meet planned at county courthouse Sunday.
Farmers and crew leaders who hire farm workers have until Jan. 31 to send 1976 wage reports and social security contributions to the Internal Revenue Service. Albion farmers James O'Brien and Walt Frey named DeKalb Yieldmasters Club top corn yield producers for 1976. Forms for annual wage reports are available from IRS offices. a free leaflet on social security information for crew leaders and farmers is available at Social Security Offices.
University of Nebraska economist Dr. Michael Turner says total U.S. feed grain supplies will rise 5 percent in 1977 and use will grow 2 percent, lifting October 1977 feed grain reserves to about 22.7 million short tons. He cites larger beginning stocks, a bigger 1976 crop, and offsetting lower exports due to global production, with cattle feeding boosting use and corn prices stabilizing near $2 to $2.30 per bushel into spring planting.
More than 8 000 attendees from Nebraska Kansas Iowa South Dakota and Colorado are expected at the 10th annual Northeast Central Nebraska Farm Exposition in Columbus. The show runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at Agricultural Park with education features each afternoon focusing on irrigation water management and minimum tillage.
A panel on soil management opens the first day of Crop Improvement Days at the Radisson-Cornhusker hotel in Lincoln. Robert A. Olson of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln moderates with Extension specialists guiding discussions on several agronomy topics.
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