Soviet Wheat Buildup May Hurt World Markets
Washington officials monitor a sharp rise in Soviet wheat stocks and a near record 1970 crop as a potential threat to world grain prices. FAS notes USSR may export more to Eastern Europe and Western Europe, risking tougher competition for the United States and other big exporters. U.S. exports rebound but officials fear Soviet moves could alter next year’s market dynamics.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Canada
United States
Wheat Corp
FAS
Europe
Australia
France
Argentina
U.S
Swine Boar Quality Drives Rapid Herd Improvement
Live hog and carcass shows highlight that carcass quality hinges on good boar selection. A boar influences about 1 000 offspring. choose boars with highly inheritable traits and proper measurements. Also advises weed control with pre emergent herbicides to prevent crabgrass for 1971 in Douglas County.
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Douglas County
ASCS Office To Measure Farm Acreage For 1971 Programs
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offers acreage measurement at cost to help ensure compliance with 1971 set aside and program requirements. Farmers should request measurement when signing up or before planting, and bring the measurer along to reduce costs. The rate is 7.00 dollars for the first hour plus 2.00 dollars for each additional half hour, with guarantees of compliance if measured and staked acreage are followed.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
SCS Tailors Plan to Individual Farm
A farmer plans soil conservation with the Douglas County Soil Conservation District to fit a unique farm. Supervisors Herschel Hemphill Donald Palmateer Carl Spray Roy Lawson and Orvil Pohl guide the process with a soil survey and farm goals to shape a long term plan.
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SCS
Soil Conservation Service
Douglas County
Week Slowed Seeding in Oats and Wheat Prospects
Seeding progressed rapidly for oats but remained below normal at week end with 59 percent seeded versus 61 percent ten year average. Spring barley reached 55 percent, sugar beet planting began in western counties, and wheat improved in central and eastern counties amid warm weather.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Haylift Saves 20000 Cattle In Kansas Operation
Col Royden A Konopaska said about 400 tons of hay were dropped by Air Force planes over 4000 square miles in five southwest Kansas counties after a brutal snowstorm. The effort saved an estimated 20000 head of cattle valued at 3 million dollars based on sheriff and soil conservation service county agents' opinions.
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Topeka
Royden A. Konopaska
Civil Defense and Disaster Programs
Robert ‘Docking
Konopaska
Agricultural Soil Conservation Service
Kansas
Air Force
Understanding Credit Use For Teenagers And Charge Accounts
A historical guide explains consumer credit as future income used today. It describes two main types installment and term credit, and outlines charge accounts as common teen first experiences with pros and cons including convenience and temptation to overspend.
Turkey Prices Move Higher in 1970 Sales
The Agriculture Department reports turkey growers sold 490.2 million dollars of birds in 1970, nine percent up from 1969. The average price was 22.7 cents per pound, with 115.7 million turkeys raised, up nine percent from 1969.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Great Britain
West Germany
Blue Mound
Journal- World Photo
By Eben B. Farley
Ascs Executive Director
Paani
John Haddock Ford
Alabama
Robert FE. McIntyre
Farm Bureau
Roy D. Sinclair
Merle Geyer Specie
Agent—Life
Ridge Court
Bux
Coop
Cooperative Association
By Bill R, Merhoff
Turkey
Lawrence’s
Iowa
Otatior OU
Gregg Ahaha
Westinghouse
Goodyear
Kansans
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