Land bank loans pass 2 billion in four-state area
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha projects more than 2 billion dollars in loans for 1976. In the first quarter, 1976 real estate loans to farmers and ranchers reached a record 195 million, up from 135 million a year earlier. The cooperative bank operates 52 associations across Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming with over 55 000 member borrowers.
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Omaha
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Arthur Buffington
Omaha Land Bank
Buffington
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Association
Land Bank
Iowa
Nebraska
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Wyoming
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Miss Bakenhus to Attend Albion Beef Arama Event
Miss Bakenhus, newly selected Nebraska Shorthorn Lassie Queen, will appear at the Albion Beef Arama Show on May 15. A Lakeview High School graduate from Columbus, she studies at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Omaha and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bakenhus Jr.
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Albion
Soybeans Catch On In America During World War II
The article notes soybeans and soy products like margarine rose in demand in the United States during World War II. The war boosted need for soybean oil as a margarine source, marking a turning point in adoption of soybeans as a farm product.
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America
U.S
Clarkson Cattlemen Win Awards At National Meeting
Clarkson cattlemen Richard and Leonard Fuhr won trophies at the American Milking Shorthorn Society annual meeting for their top gaining steer and heifer. The heifer gained 3.3 pounds per day of age while the steer averaged three pounds per day.
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Richard and
Leonard Fuhr
Clarkson
American Milking Shorthorn Society
Pork Prices to Ease by Late Summer 1976
The Meat Board forecasts ample beef supply for the coming months and expects pork prices to drop by late summer. Retail demand and steady production underpin the anticipated decline in pork costs through the rest of 1976.
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Meat Board
Farm families rely on off farm income for most earnings
A UPI report cites a Agriculture Department study using 1970 census data showing about 60 percent of farm families’ net income comes from off farm work. It finds 72.4 percent would be below $5,000 from farm earnings alone, with many rising above that threshold thanks to nonfarm wages.
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Robert Kaylor Washington
UPI
United States
Agriculture Department
Donald K. Larson
Larson
Nebraska beef output set to rise beyond U.S. levels
A Nebraska agriculture study titled Strength Through Agricultural Resources projects beef production in the state will run 20 percent above the national fed beef average and cow numbers about 5 percent above the U.S. average. The STAR project by the University of Nebraska inventorying resources and analyzing trends to 1980.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska man joins Colfax soil survey team
Fremont native Bill Seager recently joined Paul Bartlett on the Colfax County soil survey. He holds a masters in natural resources and replaces Vincent Walczyk who aided Bartlett since last summer. Mapping should take three to four years with one township finished last summer. Seager and his wife Cathy have moved to Columbus.
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Bill Saeger
Fremont
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Paul Bartlett
Colfax County
Seager
Vincent Walczyk
Bartlett
Cathy
Columbus
Cooperatives Launch Large Scale Grain Export Programs
Midwest cooperatives move into export markets to challenge private giants. Far-Mar-Co of Hutchinson Kansas and the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa implement marketing plans to sell wheat and corn overseas, with farmers able to commit up to 50 percent of production and receive advances of 75 percent on delivery.
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Robert Kaylor Washington
UPI
Louisiana
Far- MarCo
Hutchinson
Kan
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Iowa Group
Far-Mar-Co
Iown
FDAI
FGDAI
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Ford outlines farm policy hints in editor Q and A
President Ford met Newspaper Farm Editors of America and discussed farm policy with emphasis on agricultural influence beyond numbers. He cited Iowa Governor Robert Ray's platform input, avoided specifics on farm subsidies, and praised Earl Butz while dodging a direct commitment.
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UPI
Ford
Farm Editors of America
Iowa
Robert Ray
Illinois
California
Ronald Reagan
Earl Butz
Butz
Ford Administration
Congress
Roughage amounts affect values in cattle refeeding
Nebraska studies by USDA ARS and University of Nebraska Lincoln show that feces and manures from housed cattle fed low roughage generally meet requirements for refeeding as a high roughage ration. Supplemental manganese may be needed though handling costs limit practical use.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Usda Agricultural Research Service
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
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