Buzzing With Bob on Corn, Trees, and Backyard Farmer Tips
Several thousand acres of corn were planted this week and rains replenished topsoil moisture. Extension soil specialist Del Knudsen explains irrigation water mineral content matters and testing at UNL lab costs 25 to 35 dollars. The note also covers tree winter damage, needle blight in pines, copper fungicide schedules, cankerworms, insecticides Sevin and Imidan, seed certification dates May 20, and Backyard Farmer on Channel 12 ETVY at 9 pm with questions to Extension specialists.
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del Knudsen
UNL Soil Testing Laboratory
Extension Office
Channel
ETVY
Columbus
Hereford Junior Show and Banquet Set for May 27 28
The 1977 Nebraska Junior Hereford Association Progress Show and Banquet will run May 27 and 28 at Fenner Park in Grand Island. Entry day is May 27. the banquet and meeting occur that evening. Shows May 28 feature registered Hereford breeding heifers steers and market heifers with showmanship junior senior pairs and awards for sportsmanship and premier exhibitor. Banquet limited to exhibitors families NJHA NHA and guests.
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Nebraska Junior Hereford Association
Fenner Park
Grand Island
NJHA
NHA
Sellman Ranch
Chadron
Becki Wolvatt
Atkinson
Ron Albrecht
Brewster
Wheat prospects improve as drought fears fade in Plains
Agriculture Department figures show winter wheat in good condition across major production areas after last week’s rain. Officials now foresee a crop only slightly below last year’s record and may use acreage retirements to curb surpluses while activating a farmer controlled wheat reserve. Vegetable supplies rebound from Florida freezes but California drought keeps price gains likely through spring and summer. Wholesale canned veg prices rose in April and may lift retail prices modestly as demand stays firm.
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Bernard
UPI
Washington
Agriculture Department
Florida
California
Salinas
Nebraska wheat producer sees South American market boost
Plymouth observer Robert Pearson of the Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee reports on a three week tour of South America with Great Plains Wheat Inc. He notes Brazil could be a strong wheat market, while Peru and Ecuador face foreign exchange shortages and price controls. Venezuela remains a steady buyer as GFW programs aid local bread industries and bakery ventures, aiming to raise bread quality and expand wheat purchases.
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Plymouth
Argentina
United States
Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Robert Pearson
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Pearson
U.S
Brazil
Nebraska
Peru
Equador
Columbia
Venezuela
South America
Chile
Colombia
GFW
Beiermann on Board: New Agriculture Advisory Members Named
At the University of Nebraska Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources new members join the Agricultural Advisory Board including Tim Anthony Brent Carter Lonnie Koepke Joe Keaschall Paul Klassler Karen Graham Bill Schilling Dan Sandall. Holdovers include Dorothy Garrett and Larry Beiermann. Faculty advisors are Dr Earl F Ellington and Dr B Mayo.
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Lincoln
Agricultural Advisory Board
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska
Tim Anthony
Lexington
Brent Carter
Chappell
Lonnie Koepke
Hoskins
Joe Keaschall
Ravenna
Paul Klassler
Exeter
Karen Graham
Hastings
Bill Schilling
Bancroft
Dan Sandall
Bassett
Dorothy Garrett
St. Marys
Kan
Larry Beiermann
Platte Center
Earl F. Ellington
2B. Mayo
Corn grading reforms eyed by UNL Institute researchers
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Lincoln study five USDA corn grading areas moisture test weight content broken kernels foreign matter and total damage to inform possible changes. They focus on broken corn and foreign matter while noting current standards favor livestock feed and may need revision as the USDA plans a fall decision.
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Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Usda Com
Dean Lingenmeyer
UNL
USDA
Linsenmeyer
Chicago Board of Trade
Iowa Development Council
Nebraska
Gulf Port
Whal
University of Illinois
Swine Production Workshop Planned at Platte College
Platte College announces a Swine Production Workshop during the second summer session taught by Donald Engel. The course covers pork production history, purebred nutrition, conception factors, pig care from birth to 40 and 40 to 100 pounds, record keeping, health, sanitation, housing, and reports. Final registration and fee payment run May 25-27.
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Platte College
Donald Engel
United States
Engel
World grain output may dip slightly in 1977
Washington based officials of the Agriculture Department project world grain production this year to slip about one percent from last year’s record to about 1,089 billion metric tons. They forecast total global grain stocks nearing a new peak of roughly 208 million metric tons by mid-1978.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
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Middle Atlantic
Toronto
Montreal
Watt
Greater
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Southern Great Lakes
Northern Great. Lakes
Central Great Plains
Tora
Reeve Yankee
Farm News
Aed
Federated
Joren D. Burnet
P.O. Bor
Colarebos
Nebr, Sé
Beiermann
Owatonna
Anatonna
A Garretson Equipment Corp
Akoy Downie
Nebraska Harvestore Systems, Inc
Norfolk, NE
Morrie Warricek
Schuyler
Platte, Colfax & Stanton Counties
Morrie
Nebraska Harvestore
South Hillway
Norfolk
See-Us
Hassebrook Farm Service, Inc
East Hiway
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