Manure Franchise Proves More Profitable Than Milk
Berks County dairyman Richard Hoppes earns 27 a hundredweight from liquid manure while milk brings around 9. His 60 cow herd produces 70 000 pounds of manure monthly, bottled as Nature s Own Deodorized Liquid Cow Manure at 2 89 a gallon. The Hoppes brothers hold a lifetime Pennsylvania franchise dating to 1973 guaranteeing deodorizer supply and exclusive production under their label.
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Richard Hoppes
Berks County
Hoppes
Roy
Lancaster Farming
Pennsylvania
Nature
Hoppes Brothers
R. J. Briggs
Woodbury
Tennessee
Monfort on Beef: Where Is the Industry Headed
Kenneth Monfort spoke at the 56th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in New Orleans. He, president of Monfort of Colorado, offered questions about beef production and marketing and admitted industry losses over the past 15 months while probing why cattle are fed and how grain conversion affects the sector.
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Kenneth Monfort
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Orleans
Monfort
Colorado
Greeley
PFU Annual Meeting Tackles Policy in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Farmers Union delegates meet in Harrisburg to approve policy for the coming year with remarks from Tony Dechant National Farmers Union president, James McHale state ag secretary, and William Mattson PREA GM. Policies include REAP reinstatement in 1975, soil based lime payments, grain reserves, on farm storage, and labeling origin for imported foods.
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Pennsylvania Farmers Union
Harrisburg
Tony Dechant
National Farmers Union
Pennsylvania
James McHale
William Mattson
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association
ASC
Alan and Nancy Mays Win Entomology Honors
Lancaster County youths Alan and Nancy Mays, siblings in 4-H, earned state and local awards for entomology. They collected, pinned, and mounted insects, exhibited at county contests and the State Farm Show, with Alan a sophomore continuing his work.
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Alan
Nancy Mays
Alan Mays
Nancy
Nissley Rd
Lancaster
Mrs
Earl Mays
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Briggs
RJB
Chien
Hamburg
Arabian Desert
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
Farm Women
PFU Annual Meeting
U.S
Alan and
Melissa Piper
Lancaster County
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