Nebraska soybean group opposes amended LB74 bill
Eugene Glock, president of the Nebraska Soybean Association, warns amendments to LB74 raise administration costs and cut funds for research and market development. He cites a $25,000 referendum cost and a $15,000–$18,000 recall referendum as waste, urging lawmakers to restore safeguards and reduce admin expenses.
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Lincoln, Neb
Eugene Glock
Rising City
Nebraska Soybean Association
Glock
Agriculture and Environment Committee
Old farming methods studied by Nebraska researchers
The University of Nebraska Experiment Station at Mead launches a long term trial of legume use crop rotation and reduced fertilizers to compare soil moisture and structure with eastern Nebraska dryland farms. Previous Panhandle results show nitrogen in soil rises with manuring and yields improve with hybrids.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
University
Mead
Warren Sachs
Nebraska
Panhandle Station
Scottsbluff
Frank N. Anderson
Panhandle
Sachs
Sahs
Bulls Bring Strong Prices at Schuyler Sale
Forty-four buyers from five states bought 70 bulls at Schuyler for an average of 582.79 dollars. Top seller was a Red Angus owned by Roy Beeby of Marshall Oklahoma, sold for 1400 to The Angus Ranch at Merriman. Other high priced lots included a Polled Hereford bought for 1100 and a Maine Anjou cross sold for 875 to John Kolb of Holstein Iowa. The sale featured 10 breeds with averages ranging from 297 to 850 dollars per head.
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Schuyler
Nebraska
Roy Beeby
Marshall
Oklahoma
Beeby
Merriman
Albert Moeller
Grand Island
Burt Bakke
LaPlata
John Kolb
Holstein
Maine-Anjou
Everett Manhs & Sons
Lincoln
Nebraska wheat crop prospects look good this year
University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension agronomist A F Gus Dreier expresses optimism about the winter wheat crop on more than three million acres planted last fall. Weather remains the key factor with rain needed in western Nebraska and mosaic disease common in eastern fields. some Atrazine damage and poorer stands noted.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
Nebraska
A. F
Gus” Dreier
Dreier
May meeting at Tiaden home plans fair booth items
Tammy Nelson reports a May meeting at the Quentin Tiaden home discussed patterns for a girls creative clothing project and a fair booth. Connie Tiaden demonstrated a better breakfast and members judged a bacon egg toast breakfast menu.
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Quentin Tiaden
Creative Clothing Project
Connie Tiaden
Tammy Nelson
Buzzing With Bob Field Health And Gardening Notes
Nebraska extension notes urge May 20 seed certification and tag proof of seed origin for wheat oats barley rye and other crops. Advice covers lawn care crabgrass control soil fertility and turf height to promote deeper roots. Also reports on a featherless chicken variety and per capita meat consumption rising to 187 pounds.
Dairy farmers push for higher price supports to lift milk payout
Spokesmen urge USDA to raise purchase prices for butter cheese and nonfat dry milk though not the $7.24 farm support rate. They argue higher purchase prices would allow processors to pay farmers at or near the supported level amid rising processing costs.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Agriculture Department
Patrick B. Healy
National Milk Producers Federation
Ford
Healy
Milk Federation
Agriculture
Sydney Cohen
Agriculture Dairy Branch
4-H Notes and Auction Run for April May Meetings
4 H notes cover April 27 meeting at Carrol Pearson home with members filling record books and planning daily demonstrations at the next gathering. A May 4 slave auction led by Rosenborg Livestock Auctioneer Pete Anderson occurred at Leland Steensnes home. Greg Steensnes reports.
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Carrol Pearson
Deanna Andreasen
Rosenborg
Pete Anderson
Leland Steensnes
Animals
Greg Steensnes
Hog cycle in pork industry may stay in valley through 1975
Lincoln extension economist Allen Wellman explains two opposing hog cycles numbers and prices with lengths of two to four years. He predicts a continued decline in hog numbers through 1975 with profit potential depending on fall grain prices and overall costs. beef demand may cap pork price gains.
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Lincoln
Allen Wellman
University of Nebraska Extension
Wellman
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