Cotton farmers face harsh spring and retirements in Alabama
The piece notes volatile spring weather delaying cotton planting in Northern Alabama, with hail and tornadoes near Mud Tavern, and mentions river floods delaying Delta plantings along the Mississippi. It also announces Fred M. Acuff retiring June 8 1973 after decades as Alabama cotton and peanut program specialist and acting state executive director.
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Danville
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Birmingham
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Washington
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Madison ‘County
Acuff
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AAA
Huntsville
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Marshall
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War Assets Administration
Atlanta
Georgia
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ASCS
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabama Agriculture
Sue Lovell
Pell City
Fred, Jr
Criminal Division
Justice Department
Washington, D. C
Steve
Emory University
School of Dentistry
Montgomery
Senate committee approves report on new five year farm bill
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee endorsed the five year farm bill S517 focusing on cotton. It sets a 43 cent target price, 10 million acre base, 90 percent loan, extended 55000 payment limit with set aside exemption, and funds a boll weevil eradication program plus future pink bollworm efforts.
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Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
CCC
Grocery stores reveal nonfood spending hidden in weekly bills
An analysis shows more than 20 percent of grocery purchases are nonfood items such as detergents, cigarettes, tissues, magazines and household cleaners. It notes consumers buy most pet foods, toothpaste, aspirin and hair spray at groceries, and that soft drink spending has more than doubled in a decade.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
McKee
Deere & Co
Midwest
Elwin T. Ahnquist
Pullman- Standard
Farm policy debate mirrors rise in grain and meat costs
Forbes reporters survey farmers and industry leaders amid price swings, noting higher machinery costs, expanded grain shipments, and shy railcar capacity. Hedge funds, insurers, and lawmakers debate risk sharing while farmers weigh landing increased acreage and market exposure under Nixon era policy.
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