Food stamp study finds most recipients needy, study says
The study by the House Agriculture Committee shows 16.3 million people receive food stamps costing $5.7 billion with most households earning about $305 monthly before benefits. It notes 6 percent of families have no income and 2 percent earn $1,000 or more, while college students appear in 5.6 percent of households.
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House Agriculture Committee
United States
General Accounting Office
Puerto Rico
World Health Organization
Democratic farm official unveils plan for disaster insurance
Edwin A. Jaenke a Kennedy Johnson era Agriculture Department official proposes a comprehensive natural disaster insurance program to replace patchwork aid. Farmers could insure up to two thirds of crops with government premium matching, adjustable by coverage level and local conditions.
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Washington
UPI
Edwin A. Jaenke
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Washinton
Jae
Earl Butz
Jaenke
Solar energy aids Nebraska livestock housing plans
Norman Teter of the University of Nebraska Lincoln says solar furnaces and collectors can supply heat for livestock facilities. He notes what the solar constant means for radiation, potential energy outputs, and cost comparisons with electric heating, highlighting south wall windows and fiberglass materials as practical options despite higher upfront costs.
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Lincoln
Norman Teter
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teter
Ramaeker Farm Wins Golden Certified Meat Sire Award
Ramaekers Charolais Farm of Monroe receives the Golden Certified Meat Sire Award for Mr. David from Performance Registry International. Fifteen Mr. David progeny fed at Eastern Nebraska Beef Test Station and slaughtered at Spencer Foods. Gary Sierks compiled all weights and carcass data. Sierks invites cattle producers to use test facilities in summer.
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Schuyler—Ramaeker Charolais Farm
Monroe
David
Performance Registry International
Joplin
Ramaekers
Mr. David
Nebraska
Spencer Foods
Schuyler
Gary Sierks
Schuyler Station
Sierks
Water Problems in Rural Environment Conference Set
The Nebraska Water Resources Research Institute plans a conference on Water Problems in the Rural Environment Alternative Solutions for Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal in Lincoln at the Village Motel. It covers current rural water conditions and socio economic and technological aspects with a $35 fee including proceedings registration two luncheons and a banquet. For details contact Millard W. Hall, Director, at 310 Ag. Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln 68583.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Water Resources Research Insitute
Millard W. Hall
Nebraska Water Resources Research Institute
Ag. Hall
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Agricultural Atlas of Nebraska to be released in December
University of Nebraska Press will publish the first of three Nebraska Atlases in December. Co editors James H. Williams and Merlin Lawson describe the atlas as a broad study of farming resources and progress with maps, photos, and data from state agencies. It targets all Nebraskans and non specialists and anticipates later 1977 releases on economics and climate.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Press
James H. Williams
University of Nebraska- Lincoln Department of Agronomy
Merlin Lawson
UNL Department of Geography
Williams
Doug Murfield
UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Great American Desert
William
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Strip Farming A Century Old
The article traces early strip farming in Lycoming County, growth of soil conservation awareness from 1865 through 1928, and the Dust Bowl of 1934 that spurred federal action. It notes the 1933 creation of the Soil Conservation Service and the expansion of soil health efforts after devastating droughts and wind erosion across the plains.
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Lycoming County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Soil Conservation Service
New Good News Bible Uses Metric Measurements
The Good News Bible, due next month from Collins and the Bible Society, updates Bible measurements to metric units. It cites Noahs ark as 133 by 22 by 13 meters and Goliath at nearly three meters with armor of 57 kilograms, while noting simplified terms like bread without yeast and revised gender lines. It also mentions poultry rising as Georgia’s leading farm commodity.
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Michael Keats
London
UPI
Europe
Britain
United States
God
Noah
Aaron
Collins
The
Bible Society
Goliath
Job
NU Foundation Posts Record Year In Nebraska
University of Nebraska Foundation reports 12 month income of 5.4 million, its best in 40 years. Donations total 3.9 million up 1.7 million, investments 1.5 million, assets rise to 25.3 million with 15 million held by others. Benefits totaling 2.5 million were transferred to the university including student and faculty aid and research funding.
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Lincoln, Neb
Haynie
University of Nebraska
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