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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1957
Page
8
The USDA reports family farms remain dominant in the United States, even as technology drives larger, fewer farms. Over 25 years, the share of family-operated farms stays about 96 percent, with declines in total and commercial farms and growth in noncommercial and subsistence holdings.
Fifty-six Lancaster County youths including Glenn Aldinger Esther Binkley Raymond Bomberger Jerry Brandt Luke Bruckhar Grafton Brabson Jill Jackson Glenn Kauffman Marilyn Longenecker Floyd Moore Grace Moore and others listed as entrants for the Chicken of Tomorrow contest to be judged May 7. notes concern over small farm incomes and USDA views on family farms with aging and scale pressures.
A Nebraska fed load of Hereford steers butchered in Omaha posted an estimated 68.04 percent beef yield, an apparent national record. Harold Neller of Beemer fed the 1537 lb cattle 17 months. Cattle buyer W G Meyers bought them at 25 dollars per cwt and the beef will be sent to New York clientele, possibly Waldorf Astoria plates at ten dollars.
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