Irrigation Tour Planned Tuesday Near Columbus and Platte Center
A radio irrigation tour airs Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. on KTTT with Duane Kantor and Bob Voboril guiding experts Paul Fischbach and Deon Axthelm. Stops include Leo Thiele farm near Columbus, Higgins Milling northwest of Richland, Merle Mae near Richland, Lawrence Lusche farm northeast of Columbus, Shell Creek pumping, and Margaret Schumacher farm northwest of Platte Center, concluding at 8:30 p.m. with a Q and A session at the Platte Center Auditorium. Lunch will be served at the venue.
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Duane Kantor
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Paul Fischbach
Deon Axthelm
University of Nebraska Extension
Platte Center
Leo Thiele
Columbus
Higgins Milling
Richland
Merle Mae
Margaret Schumacher
Dean Axthelm
Platte County fair highlights and safety week notes
The Bicentennial Platte County Fair earns high marks for teamwork among exhibitors, 4-H leaders, parents and officials. National Farm Safety Week runs July 25 to 31 with farm accident figures cited. A irrigation tour via Radio KTTT features four stops with Extension staff. Foundation Seed Division notes wheat seed needs and copies of the 1976 seed directory are available. A light quip about courtship and marriage closes.
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Picture series in agriculture yearbook Bicentennial pages
The Agriculture Department released The Face of Rural America, a 288 page Bicentennial yearbook photo record. It showcases farm life across the nation with images of tractors, corn, livestock, and rural scenes, drawn from 50 photographers over 1975 76, and will be distributed to lawmakers and sold by the Government Printing Office at 7.30.
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Zellers win Angus honors at Blue River Valley field day
Bellwood reports Gordon G Zeller family members honored at the Blue River Valley Junior Angus Association field day at the Gage County Fairgrounds Beatrice. Margaret Zeller claimed champion bred and owned heifer. Mark Zeller won first in senior wian and Becky Zeller elected secretary treasurer for 1976 77.
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Gordon G. Zeller
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Gage County Fairgrounds
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Margaret Zeller
Mark Zeller
Becky Zeller
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Midwest champ corn grower in the great corn belt
The Midwest dominates US corn production with the largest yields across Iowa Nebraska and Indiana. Ohio to Nebraska and Kansas form the core growing region as Iowa Nebraska and Indiana lead national output.
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Champ Corn
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Nebr
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
Carter GOP candidates differ on agriculture support programs
Carter campaign leader Bobby Smith told a Washington farm meeting that farmers would receive higher price support levels if Carter becomes president, signaling a policy clash with Ford and a likely GOP approach. Smith promised a forthcoming Carter farm policy statement developed with farmer and commodity groups.
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GOP
Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
P.R
Bobby” Smith
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Smith
Campign on farm support pits Butz against Smith in Georgia meet
Farm news centers on federal price supports with Butz warning of surpluses akin to the 1950s. Georgia farmer Smith counters that higher supports are coming and that Ford policies won’t force rigid controls. The dialogue unfolds at an Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee meeting where farmers discuss policy directions.
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Colfax County 4 H Livestock Judging Winners Listed
Seventy five Colfax County 4 H Clubs members judged livestock at Colfax County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. Senior purple ribbons went to Bryce Grotelueschen Mel Schlautman Gary Wendt Chris Clausen Mike Kasal John Langemeier Don Blum Elgin Bergt and Mark Klimes. Next week with
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Colfax County
Colfax County Fairgrounds
Bryce Grotelueschen
Mel Schlautman
Gary Wendt
Chris Clausen
Mike Kasal
John Langemeier
Don Blum
Elgin Bergt
Mark Klimes
Four to be Chosen From Junior Fair Group
The junior division at the fair will select four competitors from a group that includes Steve Welch Kathy Lodl Joe Dvorak Diane Pokorny Sara Welch Sandy Blum Dedri Wendt and David Pokorny. Judges were Dean Sander beef Roger Wilshusen sheep and Bob Beck hogs.
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Steve Welch
Kathy Lodl
Joe Dvorak
Diane Pokorny
Sara Welch
Sandy Blum
Dedri Wendt
David Pokorny
Dean Sander
Roger Wilshusen
Bob Beck
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