Relaxed rules eye junk food sale in schools
USDA officials discuss revising a 1980 Carter era rule that bans pop ice chews and certain candies before lunch. Deputy secretary John Bode said Reagan officials review to ease federal rules while keeping meals subsidized. Six scrapie outbreaks in sheep reported this year span Barron County Wisconsin Columbia County Connecticut New London County New Hampshire Rockingham Sussex Harford Ulster.
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Carol Foreman
Agriculture Department
John Bode
Arkansas Association of Education Administrators
Barron County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Columbia County
Wis
New London County
Conn
Rockingham County
N.H
Sussex County
N.J
Ulster County
N.Y
Harford County
Farmers urged to sign up for crop insurance before deadline
Agriculture Secretary John Block warned farmers they cannot rely on federal disaster payments and should enroll now for all risk coverage on next winter wheat and barley crops. The Aug 31 deadline applies in most areas, with disaster payments limited to counties where crop insurance is unavailable.
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John Block
Block
Congress
Farmers' 900 Newsline launches for farmers
The USDA's Economic Research Service and its Statistical Reporting Service inaugurate Farmers' 900 Newsline to brief farmers on world crop, livestock, export and economic news. Call 1-900-976-0404 for a 60 second summary at 3 p.m. Eau Claire time each weekday, cost 50 cents per call.
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USDA
Economic Research Service
Statistical Reporting Service
Farmers’ 900
Eau Claire
Family needs 5,000 pounds of food
A USDA study shows a typical U.S. family of four requires about 2.5 tons of food. The mix includes 694 pounds meat and fish, 598 fruit, 1,136 dairy, 1,154 vegetables, 592 grain, and 349 poultry. Per capita retail-weight consumption rose 33 pounds from 1960 to 1979, while dairy fell 14 percent. Low-fat milk now 37 percent of fluid milk sales.
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USDA
U.S
Grandmother’s summer kitchen fades from modern homes
A nostalgic look at how summer kitchens connected to large farmhouses served yearly cycles. Grandmother cooked on a wood burning range while hot weather kept the main kitchen cool, feeding a large family, threshing crews, haying hands, and visiting kin, with aromas of roasts, breads, and pies filling the air.
NSP opens mall energy center in Eau Claire
Northern States Power Co opens an Energy Cost Controls Center at London Square Mall Eau Claire as a free information hub for energy saving advice. The center promotes time of use rates dual fuel heating systems electric heat storage solar water heating and a free home energy analysis program with on display models.
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Northern States Power Co
London Square Mall
Eau Claire
NSP
Wisconsin
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Carlene Schultz
Consolidated Badger Co-op
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Melba Baehr
Mall Energy Center
Stanton & Lee Publishers Inc
East Mifflin St
Madison, WI
Yesteryear
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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