Farm wives form Pennsylvania Agri Women coalition
Harrisburg reports 98 farm wives and guests gathered at Camp Hill for Penn's Agri Women first state convention. Ethel Gross of Manchester was elected statewide coordinator and Naomi Spahr of Lititz Ree named assistant coordinator as a constitution was adopted and officers elected.
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Harrisburg
Penn Harris Motor Inn
Camp
PAW
Penn’s Agri-Women
Naomi Spahr
Lititz Ré
Drop in cattle signals better profit margins
Cattlemen expect improved demand and prices for feeder calves and yearlings as the beef cycle turns. U.S. beef cow numbers have fallen sharply, down about 9 million since July 1975, with Pennsylvania showing an especially steep decline.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
U.S
U.S. Beef Breeds Council
Penn State
H. Louis Moore
Population pressures drive Berks farming talks at Grange Hall
About 240 people and all three County Commissioners attended the 63rd Berks County Cooperative Extension Service meeting at Shartlesville Grange Hall last Wednesday. Agriculture Secretary Kent Shelhamer warned that agriculture faces trouble and a bleak grain outlook for Pennsylvania.
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Berks County Cooperative
Shartlesville
Pennsylvania
Harvest progress remains strong despite cool wet weather
Lancaster reports show farmers pushing 1978 harvests amid rain wind and cold fronts. Dry days used for corn moving to bins while soybean harvesting begins and potatoes mostly dug. Fall plowing nears completion and wheat barley sowing continues with some hay and apple picking underway. Noah Kreider of Manheim notes strong progress.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
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Ethel Gross
Manchester
York County
Gross
Forney Longenecker
Litits
Moore
Omestead
Enty
Kolluma
AgriWomen
Rewood
Challenge Farm
Laurel Schaeffer
Berks County
Tlesville
Kent Shelhamer
Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Lancaster Farming
Noah Kreider
Manheim
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