Cost-sharing plan boosts Platte County farms this spring
H F Wessel chairman of the Platte County ASC announces immediate implementation of the Nebraska Drought and Flood Conservation Program. An initial $20,000 allocation funds cost-sharing for practices such as irrigation system modifications soil erosion measures and vegetative cover with an 80 percent cost share and Sept 30 1977 filing deadline.
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H.F. Wessel
Platte County
ASC
ASCS
Wessel
Nebraska
Buckets of Field News Bring Timely Planting Tips
Corn planting is finishing in the county as ideal moisture and soil temps speed germination within days. Some soybeans and sorghum go in while winter wheat remains jointed with growth above ground. Hot spots include seed treatment with fungicide for soybeans and inoculation with nitrogen fixing bacteria. The wood tick appears this spring, prompting caution and post field checks. Sprays like Sevin or Diazin reduce tick and caterpillar pressure. canker worm risk prompts Levin and Methoxychlor use.
Winter wheat crop down 6 percent but ample supply may curb prices
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1977 winter wheat harvest at 1.477 billion bushels, down 89 million from 1976 but 3 percent above prior forecasts. Acreage totaled 47.8 million with yields around 30.9 bushels. If spring wheat reaches 500 million, total 1977 production could approach 2 billion, boosting carryover and possibly triggering set aside rules for 1978.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
California
Pacific Northwest
Bob Bergland
Kansas
Further changes in Agriculture Department top staff
Secretary Bob Bergland assembles a new team of top administrators at the Agriculture Department amid criticism of wasteful food processing and marketing. Assistant Secretary Carol Mann, a consumer activist, warns gimmicks raise costs and urges education to curb advertising spend while Rupert Cutler leads research and education efforts to expose misleading marketing.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Bergland
Agriculture Department
Carolman
Snow
Cutler
Food processing shift tied to energy crisis and consumer demand
The Columbus Telegram reports remarks by a food industry official on consumer preferences and a push to reduce food processing and distribution energy use. He cites butter margins, margarine choice, and inefficiencies in farm to table logistics as examples of wasteful energy practices.
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Cutler
North Carolina
Virginia
Crop variety tests gauge Nebraska yields at multiple sites
Lincoln and nearby research stations will host crop variety yield trials during 1977. Locations include Lincoln Field Laboratory Mead Concord Clay Center North Platte Scottsbluff Sidney Alliance Tryon with 4 to 100 varieties per crop. Data appear in Outstate Testing Circulars, plus multiple years of averages.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Agronomist
August F
Gus” Dreier
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Mead
Concord, Clay Center
North Platte and Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Alliance and
Tryon
Dreier
Farm Line panel to take citizen input May 24
Rising City leader Eugene Glock says Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland will head a top level panel that will receive calls from farmers and consumers May 24 from noon to 4 p m Eastern Time. Twelve toll free lines will be available nationwide for citizens to discuss Citizen Guidelines for USDA.
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Rising City
Eugene Glock
Agriculture Council of America
Bob Bergland
E.C.T
ACA
USDA
Nebraska winter wheat crop expected fairly normal this year
UNL agronomy professor Dr. John W. Schmidt predicts a fairly normal winter wheat crop in Nebraska despite a severe winter. Some fields show poor growth due to winter injury or root and crown rot, while delayed spring growth and hot weather later may ease issues.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
University of Nebraska- Lincoln Agronomy
Nebraska
John W. Schmidt
UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Schmidt
John Watkins
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