New Brucellosis Law Explained
Dr. Samuel B. Guss notes a USDA rule requires interstate cattle movements to be tested negative for brucellosis unless from certified free herds. Infected animals must be branded with an S and may only move to slaughter or quarantined feed lots. Buying such cattle is forbidden and should be reported to the state agriculture department.
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Samuel B. Guss
Penn State
USDA
Pennsylvania
Guss
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Delaware Farmers Invest in Rainmaking to Combat Drought
About 225 area farmers pay 45000 for cloud seeding services from Irving P. Krick Associates praising potential gain of two inches of rain during the dry season. Wealthy growers and lawmakers join in the first East Coast rainmaking venture, covering over 90000 acres across Delaware Maryland.
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Delaware
Charles H. West
Frederica
West
Irving P. Krick
Isaacs
Kent
Sussex
Wicomico County
Maryland
Record High Tobacco Receipts Boost US Farmers
Americans spent a record 14.45 billion on tobacco last year with cigarettes accounting for over 90 percent. Per capita use fell to a 1940 low while cigarette use rose to a 1968 high. State tobacco taxes ranged from 2 to 21 cents per pack. Farmers received 2.077 billion in cash receipts, a 32 percent rise and a new high, with North Carolina and Kentucky leading payment shares.
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USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
North Carolina
Connecticut
Kentucky
Ediface Complex sermon warns against worship built on buildings
The lesson discusses the ediface complex across ancient Egypt Greece and Rome and warns that devotion to a temple or sanctuary can replace true faith. It cites Jeremiah and Micah on true worship and urges practical actions on pesticide certification weed control and pasture mowing in addition to moral behavior.
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Temple
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Temple
Israel
God
Jeremiah
Temple of Solomon
Ediface
Shiloh
Samaritan Mountains
Solomon
Recognize Proper Stage of Maturity for Crops
The text urges timing cuts to optimize feed value. Maturity stages matter: grasses peak at heading, alfalfa and clover at bud to early blossom, small grains for silage at blossom to early milk. Older crops lose nutrients and gain fiber. weather affects storage.
Farm Calendar and Milk Production Facts From Pennsylvania
A weekly schedule lists events in Lancaster and Susquehanna counties including a Pa Sheep Field Day in Susquehanna County and calendar items for the Lancaster County Extension Association Board of Directors Farm and Home Center meetings, a manure management demonstration, and a vocational teachers meeting. Also notes Elizabethtown Young Farmers Corn Contest entries due June 15 and a dairy fact: the average cow yields 350 pounds of milk weekly, requiring 315 pounds silage 105 hay 118 grain 14 ounces salt 14 ounces general substrate and 175 gallons water.
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Lancaster County Extension Association Board of Directors
Farm and Home Center
Lancaster County Conservation District
Lancaster County Vocational Agricultural Teachers Organization
Brownstown
Pennsylvania State University
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Delmarva Peninsula
Ediface Complex
Isaiah
Micah
Mathew
Max Smith County Agr
Agent Telephone
Susquehanna County
Lebanon Valley Expo Corp
Lebanon Fairgrounds
Lancaster County
Jay Garber
Lancaster RG
Elizabethtown Young Farmers Corn
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