New Credit For Farmers Is Proposed
Washington AP reports a planned expansion of Farm Credit System lending this summer under new operating regulations. The package lifts land bank lending to 85 percent of land value from 65 and allows loans to build nonfarm rural homes in open country communities up to 2,500 population. FCA officials expect many districts to approve these features gradually as the system, wholly farmer-owned, furnishes about one fourth of U.S. agricultural credit, totaling around $14.6 billion last year.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Land Banks
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Cutworms Threaten Fields Across Corn and Sorghum
Cutworms are a growing problem in corn and grain sorghum areas as larvae enlarge. Sprays such as carbaryl toxaphene or trichlor have aided some fields when followed by light cultivation. If stands drop below acceptable levels replanting may be needed. for replanted corn areas treat with two pounds of Aldrin or Heptachlor broadcast and incorporated, though these chemicals are not registered for sorghum or soybeans.
Latin Imports Keep US Farm Sales Soaring
Exports of U S farm products to Western Hemisphere nations rose nine percent to 1 3 billion as South American food output lagged population growth The Foreign Agricultural Service report notes Canada Mexico and other hemisphere markets account for about 17 percent of U S farm exports US and Cuba outputs were excluded from hemisphere totals.
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Washington
U.S
Western Hemisphere
South America
Foreign Agricultural Service
Canada
Mexico
Pike-Spencer Watershed To Impose 30-Cent Tax
The joint boards of Audrain, Ralls, and Pike Counties Soil and Water Conservation District will levy a one year organizational tax of 0.30 dollars per 100 dollars of real estate value within the watershed. Funds cover secretarial help, postage, mileage, legal fees, aerial surveys, and other approved purposes to speed watershed planning.
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Boards of Supervisors
Audrain, Ralls
Pike Counties
Pike-Spencer
Terry Hill
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hill
VEE Vaccine Proves Effective for Horses, Says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports lab tests show full protection against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with full-strength vaccine. In trials, 10 vaccinated horses exposed to VEE showed no illness, while a diluted vaccine group had 20 percent infection. Last year’s Texas horses suffered fatalities and the disease threatened spread before a nationwide immunization drive. Unvaccinated horses should be treated this season.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Research Service
Texas
Secretary Butz Predicts Rising Farm Production by 1980
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz hailed U S farm productivity at USDA awards, saying one farmer could feed 75 to 80 people by 1980, up from 51 today. He noted Lincoln era fed four and two decades ago one farmer fed 16, highlighting progress.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Butz
USDA
Lincoln
Pesticide production falls amid federal curbs
Washington AP report from 1970 shows total U S pesticide output at 1.06 billion pounds, down 6.6 percent from 1969, with fungicides insecticides and herbicides shifting in 1970. DDT production plunged from 123.1 million to 59.3 million pounds as bans expanded and reviews continued.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Where Does Money Go Course Tells Dorothy Borchelt
Dorothy Borchelt Area Extension Home Economist notes a new University of Missouri Independent Study Course titled Today’s Homemaker chapter Where Does the Money Go. The study urges homemakers and spouses to plan together to curb costs and stretch dollars, promising to more than recover the $5 cost of the course.
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Dorothy Borchelt
University of Missouri
Area Extension Home Economist
Homemaker course offered to help manage money stress
A six part non credit course for homemakers covers time organization decisions and how to reach goals. It discusses house hunting credit and budgeting with practical steps and no tests or grades. Enrollments cost 6.00 and are handled by the Independent Study Department at Whitten Hall Columbia MO.
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Whitten Hall
Columbia
Missouri
Marily K. Caselman
University of Missouri
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