CCC loan rate drops to 12.25 percent in January
The Commodity Credit Corp loan rate falls 2.2 percent to 12.25 percent for CCC loans approved in January and for outstanding 1981 crop loans, with 1981 corn storage loans and variable rate storage facility loans also affected. ASCS offices in west central Wisconsin offer programs and storage payments, while a Barron County farmer found a 1957 letter from a milk plant noting bulk tank concerns and aging efficiency.
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Commodity Credit Corp
Wisconsin
ALCS
ASCS
Wisconsin County
Barron County
Nebraska Votes to Raise Soybean Checkoff to One Cent
The Nebraska Soybean Development Utilization and Marketing Board unanimously approved a 1 cent per bushel checkoff. Funds support research to cut action costs, improve quality, and create new uses. The rate takes effect April 1, with refunds available to nonparticipants. Last year the state collected 135000 dollars from growers.
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Nebraska‘ Soybean Development, Utilization and Marketing Board
Nebraska
American Soybean Association
U.S
University of Nebraska
Small Farm Aid Urged To Help Rural Family Farms
William C Norris of Control Data Corp argues large scale farming causes job loss environmental harm and health risks. He pushes for a national program with low-cost financing tax incentives and credits to promote small farms and rural businesses citing USDA findings that peak efficiency comes at smaller farm sizes.
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Control Data Corp
William C. Norris
Norris
USDA
Winter Memories From the 1920s Home and Hearth
A reflective account recalls 1920s winters, a wood stove heating a large dining room, chilly upstairs rooms, and winter chores. The narrator describes daily life with knip meals, lamp chimneys, lamp oil salves, goose fat for congestion, and makeshift medicines from Peter Fahrney remedies. Christmas Eve in a sleigh, the parlor rituals, and a candle tree highlight the era’s domestic memory.
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CCC
Don Drost
Keith Sommerfeld
Duwn County
Las Vegas
Emma Knoebel
Glenwood City
Peter Fahrney
Magen Starker
Yesteryear
Hans Morken
Rt. 1
Ettrick
Sons of the Pioneers
Odell Oakland
North Beaver Creek
Jackson-Trempealeau County
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