Pollution Must Be Lived With In Agronomy Debate
At the Montgomery County Soils and Crops Conference Roy Kueny cites quotes from Facts from our Environment. The booklet questions modern agriculture’s safety with chemicals while noting organic farming as a backstop. it argues 50 million could starve without production inputs. It discusses volcanic activity vs human pollution and the impact of fertilizer on yields and land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Miller
Montgomery City
Montgomery County
Roy Kueny
Nature
Europe
Viets
Borlaug
Dr. Borlaug
C.H. Wadleigh
Winston Churchill
England
Wadleigh
Holland
T.C. Tucker
University of Arizona
U.S
Willard Garman
U.S. State Department
Denmark
Japan
Carolus
Housing loan cutback seen hurting poor families
The Rural Housing Alliance called the Nixon administration move to curb federally subsidized housing loans by the Farmers Home Administration a slap at rural America. It argued the budget burden falls on the poor while program costs remain high.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Nixon
Farmers Home Administration
Rural America
Rural Housing Alliance
Clay L. Cochran
Alliance
Agriculture Department
FHA
Cattlemen Oppose Lower Beef Standard
American Angus Association leader Robert O. Swaim denounces proposed USDA marbling cuts, arguing most beef would shift to USDA Choice, harming grading integrity. National groups including U.S. Beef Breeds Council, National Association of Meat Purveyors, National Hotel and Motel Association, and National Restaurant Association oppose changes.
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USDA
Usda Choice
Robert O. Swaim
American Angus Association
Swaim
U.S. Beef Breeds Council
U.S
Beef Cattle Registry Associations
National Association of Meat Purveyors
Ray Thill
National Hotel and Motel Association
National Restaurant Association
Kenneth Moore
Roxbury
Kan
Heaton Attends Fertilizer Course
Marvin Heaton a retail field man for Audrain Co op Ase n in Mexico attended a Special Missouri Fertilizer course January 4 to 10 at Farmland Industries School in Kansas City Missouri Farmland Industries School trains employees of local cooperatives from Mid America Students are chosen by local managers and sent to the center to better serve cooperative members who own Farmland Industries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Heaton
Audrain Co-op Ase
Mexico
Farmland Industries School
Kansas City
Missouri
Mid-America
Farmland Industries
Soils and Crops Conference Held in Montgomery City
The 46th Montgomery Soils and Crops Conference was chaired by Donald Cahill with minutes by Arthur Gerloff Jr. Registration and voting were handled by Wendell Gregory and John Harness Jr. Frank D. Miller discussed past year soil and crop activities including disease monitoring plots and computerized soil tests. Dr. L E Anderson covered herbicides and current Missouri recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Donald Cahill
Arthur Gerloff, Jr
Wendell Gregory
John Harness Jr
Frank D. Miller
Leland May
John Jonas
New Florence
Soils and Corps
L.E. Anderson
University of Missouri
University of Missouri Extension Center
Chem Grow, Inc
Montgomery City
Crossbred Program Shines For Jim Harness Cattle
Crossbreeding with a Pulled Hereford bull over two years improves weaning weights for both bull calves and heifers compared with purebreds. The first 10 bull calves weighed 111 pounds more at 205 days, and 11 heifers averaged 76 pounds more in 1971. Harness plans to continue the purebred herd, while optimistic about commercial gains in weight, gain, and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Domermuth
Montgomery City
Jim Harness
Columbia
Harness
Jim
Spring Calf Rearing Tips From County Extension Centers
Performance testing in your herd prompts spring calf care guidance. Contact your local Extension Center for IA details and access to resources and expert advice on herd management and breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas
County
Swiss Inflation Rises Sharply in year’s Cost of Living
BERN AP reports Switzerland’s official cost of living index climbed 5.9 percent last year, nearly double the United States inflation rate. Third quarter U.S. figures stood at 3.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
U.S
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Gary
Gerald Gibson
Chem Grow
MFA
Wilber Schmidt
Cochran
Triple “S
Hiway
South
Ladies & Girls
P.N. Hirsch & CO
West Plaza
Phillips
Whitley St. Mestin, Ma
Martha Eckley
LPN
Joan
Federal Land Bank Assn
Hwy
Livestock Center
Mexico, Mo
Local Housing Lender
Heaton
Henry Block
East Liberty
Pfizer, Inc
Pfizer Research
Mecadox
Pfizer
Laddonia
Consolidated
Electric Co-Op
Roy Parker
Parker
Beltone
S. Jefferson
Orscheln’s
DURA
Tire
Bankamericaro Pe Eee
Dopen Iss
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