Foreign investment in U S farmland could rise on high price supports
Washington AP senior Carter farm official Howard Hjort warned that including high land cost guarantees in new price supports for wheat and corn could attract foreign money, including OPEC and European funds, to buy U S farmland. He said 12 to 15 percent returns might lure outside investors, threaten family farms, and that policy should aid young farmers rather than broaden guarantees.
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Washington
Carter Administration
U.S
Middle East
Congress
Howard W. Hjort
Agriculture Department
USDA
Hjort
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Senate
House
Europe
Ag- Land Fund I
Ag-Land
Farmers to Plant More Soybeans in 1977 Survey
Washington AP report shows farmers plan to plant 55.7 million acres of soybeans this spring, an 11 percent rise from 50.3 million last year, while corn plantings dip slightly and cotton acreage climbs sharply. Upland cotton and state gains are noted. other crops fall back. The Agriculture Department survey, based on April 1 intentions, hints at potential price and planting shifts if weather cooperates.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Howard W. Hjort
Department
Midwest
Texas
California
Secret Grain Sales Disclosure Policy Changes
Agriculture Secretary Bergland said China and other Communist nations won’t trigger special public disclosures when buying U.S. grain. Sales will be listed in weekly USDA export reports, reversing Nixon and Ford practice. He noted no exceptions and cited recent soy exports to China amid Senate questioning of timing.
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Washington
China
U.S
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Nixon
Ford
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Bergland
USDA
West Germany
Dale E. Hathaway
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bob Dole
Kansas
Beef and Pork Prices Decline Last Month
Preliminary Agriculture Department figures show retail beef and pork prices eased in March. Beef averaged about 1.34 dollars per pound all-out, down slightly from February, while pork at about 1.20 dollars per pound dropped a full cent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Park
Boonslick Area Home Show Planned in Wright City
The 1977 Boonslick Area Home Show will be held Wednesday May 4 at the Lions Building Wright City. Exhibits include patio equipment, and inside displays of furnishings appliances textiles and food. Over 40 exhibitors from Warren Lincoln Montgomery and St Charles counties plus door prizes every half hour and entertainment.
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Boonslick
Martha Bowen
Area Home
Lions Building
University O Missouri Extension Contept
Extension Homemakers Councils
Warren
Lincoln
Montgomery
St. Charles
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Canton
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Smithton, Missouri
Elmo Taylor
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Joe Vance
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Nebraska
Harold Cobb
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