4-H Leaders Tools for Youth Leadership Development
The article outlines essential leadership tools for 4-H leaders and junior leaders across school church and community groups. It defines interest intelligence initiative integrity insight invention and interdependence as core traits and describes animal science lessons for older 4-Hers including nutrition genetics breeding and health topics. It also notes the value of professional livestock specialists and career exploration within the livestock industry.
Feed Grain Plans Now Voluntary
The Agricultural Act of 1970 creates a voluntary feed grain program for 1971 1972 and 1973 with price support payments on half the feed grain base for corn grain sorghum and barley as designated. Payments rely on yields and the level the farm receives differs by the corn rate versus parity and market prices. A 32 cent per bushel preliminary payment follows harvest with possible adjustments if set aside falls short and non planting risks.
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Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Life depends on grass blades and soil health
The piece extols grasslands as the cradle of civilization and essential for food, fiber, and ecosystems. It highlights cereals, hay, pasture, and silage, stressing how grain and grasses support all livestock and human survival through diverse uses.
Grass as Immortal Vigor in Ingalls’s Blue Grass
Excerpt from John James Ingalls praising grass as nature’s forgiveness and a force shaping nations. It extols grass’s resilience from battlefields to deserts, its role in geography and climate, and its quiet, enduring power beyond blooms or fruit.
Groups Pressure to Halt Change in Farm Reports
Washington AP three major feed and grain groups urge USDA to cancel planned changes to crop and livestock reports. They oppose delaying or eliminating reports on wheat and corn and argue forecasts should be published as early as feasible to avoid erratic prices and uncertain decisions for millions of producers and processors.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
National Grain and Feed Association
American Feed Manufacturers Association
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
Wheat Crop Shows Growth Under Mild Conditions
Wheat improved slightly last week under mild dry weather. Most wheat remained in good to excellent condition but growth stayed slow and ground cover was needed. Some damage from high winds occurred in western and central Kansas while surface moisture remained depleted there and subsoil moisture was mostly adequate elsewhere. Harvests of sorghums corn and soybeans neared completion in many areas. Livestock benefited from open weather with light supplemental feeding and increased grazing on stubble and tops.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas
U S Official Sees Farm Bill Boosting Efficiency and Growth
A Nixon administration official says the Agricultural Act of 1970 will make farmers more efficient and competitive by letting them plant crops with the highest net return. The set aside provision replaces yearly acreage allotments and guides planting toward corn in the Corn Belt, small grains in the Great Plains, soybeans in the Southeast, and expanded cotton in efficient areas.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Carroll G. Brunthauer
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Brunthaver
Foreign Agricultural Service
Great Plains
History highlights for December 10
On this date in 1898 the United States and Spain signed the Paris treaty ending the Spanish American War. Mississippi became the 20th state in 1817. Alfred Nobel died in 1896. The Mona Lisa was recovered in 1913. In 1941 Japanese planes sank the British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse in the South China Sea.
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United States
Spain
Paris
Louvre Museum
Prince of Wales
South China Sea
Kansas Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals Conference Preview
In Topeka the Kansas Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals Conference will run Monday through Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium. Sponsored by Kansas State University and the Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Institute, the meeting covers farm chemical uses with exhibits and talks by K State experts on soil, weed control, pests, fertilizer rates, and test methods.
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Farm Chemicals
Kansas Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals Conference
Topeka
Kansas State University
Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Institute
Larry Murphy
K-State
Claude King
Erick Nilson
Dell Gates
David Whitney
Kansas
Roscoe Ellis, Jr
Verlin Peterson
Corn Blight May Affect Livestock Feed Forecast
The Agriculture Department warns 1970-71 livestock and poultry feeding may rise by up to four percent but corn blight losses could curb the rise. A Tuesday report links feed supplies to animal units and feed consumption as of Sept. 30, noting 117.5 million grain-consuming units for 1968-69 ending.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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By Bill R. Merhoff
Feed
By Erben B. Farley
Soil Conservation Service
John James Ingalls
Statistical Reporting Service
Sey
71 International’ Pickup
U.S
THE
Associated Press
Mississippi
Alfred Nobel
East 23Rd Street
Johanning Bros
Haskell Avenue
Kuhn
Truck and Tractor
Kaw Valley Implement
Shack
North 2Nd Street
the Land Bank
Pala
Papanan — Banetat
Lawrence
East 7Th Street
Roy Sinclair
Douglas County
Farm Bureau Insurance
Roy
Farm Bureau Mutual Kansas Farm Life
KFB* Insurance Co’s
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