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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1976
Page
3
A 20 hour tractor safety course for youths ages 13 to 15 will run May 26-27 at Ag Park Administration Building. The program includes safety films and discussions, with 8 am sessions each day. Successful completion allows youth to operate a tractor on the farm.
The United States ships over 500 farm products including ginseng to Hong Kong licorice extract to Denmark beef liver and feathers to Japan and France in addition to staple grains.
A GAO study finds merit in an administration proposal to end direct disaster payments and expand crop insurance to let producers bear most weather losses. It notes gaps like prevented planting and premium levels, and suggests amendments or private-sector takeovers to improve fairness and funding.
Washington officials investigate claims that Australia and New Zealand exporters route beef via Mayaguez Puerto Rico to skirt voluntary and federal import ceilings. ANCA president Wray Finney calls it deliberate circumvention. deputy Asst. Secretary Dale Sherwin says facts are incomplete and talks with Australia are planned.
Nebraska farmers will be contacted in late May and early June as part of a U S Agriculture Department survey to aid production and marketing plans. Jack L Aschwege leads Nebraska survey efforts with results due June 30. about 70 000 producers will be interviewed nationwide to forecast spring planted acreages hog and cattle numbers and 1976 77 marketing indications.
Iowa Beef Processors Inc reports more than 1 billion in sales for the first half of fiscal 1976 and projects sales over 2 billion by June 30. For the 26 weeks through May 1, IBP earned 13.7 million dollars with 4.47 dollars per share, rising from 11.0 million and 3.61 in 1975.
Over the past twenty five years the value of U.S. farm product exports has surged sixty five fold. This ongoing growth since World War II has become a core pillar of the American economy.
The National Safety Council warns large round bales from new balers pose hazards to handlers. Improvised devices risk tipping and rollovers. use low clearance trailers, ballast rear tractor, level ground, uphill on slopes, keep bale low, shut off power during servicing, and watch bystanders while operating balers.
USDA proposes using mechanical deboning to recover 13 to 16 pounds per beef carcass and 3 to 4 pounds per pork carcass boosting meat supply by about one billion pounds. The plan allows bone grinding in tiny amounts and creates 13 new meat classes for processed products with labeling rules to reflect animal origin. Interim rules permit some mechanically deboned and low temperature rendered meat while final limits are set.
Agricultural stations in four states test Lancota, a new hard red winter wheat variety. It yields 10 to 20 percent more protein, with Nebraska potential lifting protein by 100 million pounds if all acreage shifts to Lancota. Protein is located in the kernel portion used for white flour, avoiding loss in milling. Early tests show strong performance to compete with top plains varieties.
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