Migrant labor outlook dims as detasseling begins
The Indiana Farm Labor Bulletin notes most field labor is fully employed though some Logansport workers are available for temporary commuter jobs. Uncommitted interstate workers cannot find Indiana work now as tomato transplanting finishes and weeding and cultivation rise. Green harvests begin amid lingering heat before the weekend rains.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Farm Labor Bulletin
Indiana Employment Security Division
Logansport
Indiana
South Bend
Lafayette
Anderson
Fort Wayne
Peru
Marion
Muncie
New Castle
Columbus
Connersville
Evansville
Lawrenceburg
Vincennes
Pinney Purdue field day set for July 1 in Indiana
Northwestern Indiana farmers are invited to a July 1 field day at the Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center near Wanatah. Tours run 9 10 am 1 2 pm and 6 6 30 pm with Purdue extension specialists presenting on no til inter seeding of soybeans, weed control, forages, foliar feeding and pest control.
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Indiana
Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center
Wanatah
Purdue University Extension
John Begeman
Lake County
Cooperative Extension Service
Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue
Farm Weather Outlook for Hay and Wheat Harvest
A weekly forecast notes improved farm weather for haymaking and spraying later in the week. Cooler cloudy days Tuesday reduce curing, with warming returning by midweek. Rain on Thursday and Friday slows haying. wheat harvest in southern Greene counties starts with high moisture.
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Greene
Dairy farmer starts work before rooster is awake
Dieted farmhouse portrait of Greene County dairy farmer Bruce Bedwell shows the 3 am start, twice daily milking of 35 to 40 Holstein cows, health rules and equipment. The piece notes farm life since 1950, tank and vacuum milking details, and cows’ resting periods and lifespans.
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Rooster
Bruce Bedwell
Smith Township
Greene County
Bedwell
Health Department
Johnson's Creamery
Farm Briefs and Indiana Red Meat Output Report
Farm briefs advise topdressing alfalfa grass forage after first cutting with phosphorus and potassium to spur rapid regrowth while soil moisture remains ample. Indiana commercial red meat production in April reached 67.8 million pounds, up four percent from April 1975 but nine percent below March, per state federal agricultural statisticians.
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Indiana
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Federal Land Bank
Sullivan
PCA
Bloomfield
Linton
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