Junior Fair Newsbeat Sets Record Pace for County Youth
The Huron County Junior Fair expands with a new building and earlier dates, running Tuesday through Sunday. About 2,000 entries come from 4 H, Junior Grange, FFA, FHA and other youth groups as 4 H style and food revues, modeling and talent acts, and the Junior Fair King and Queen crown event unfold across the week.
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Janet Conway
Huron County
4-H
Junior Grange
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Miss Becker
Carlos Tucker
FFA
FHA
Farm bill fight unfolds over parity and payment limits
Washington officials resist Senate moves to restore parity ties to farm supports, warning against broad changes to the House bill. The measure sets a $55,000 per crop limit and broad enforcement powers, while administration officials seek to avoid substantive shifts in the crucial payment provisions. Cotton leaders push for transfers to be allowed, citing risk to gins and processing facilities if smaller farmers lose acreage.
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Nixon Administration
Senate
House
National Farm Coalition
Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Wheat quota referendum and 1971 crop program analysis
The article outlines the pending wheat quota referendum tied to the Agricultural Act of 1965 and the 1971 wheat crop. It notes a 43.5 million acre national allotment and 1 210 million bushels marketing quota, with penalties for excess wheat and 47 percent certificated payments if quotas are approved. Farmers must decide acreage based on possible legislation and keep informed on the broader agricultural program.
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Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
Congressional
Livestock Auction Market Report Details Mixed Prices
Market totals show 1,112 head across hogs cattle calves and sheep with steers 29-31 and calves 38-45 top, hogs 17.90-23.40, sows 13.70-17.80, cows 19.50-22.80, bulls 27-29.50, feeder lambs 20-25.50, and sheep 50 lower.
Food costs take smaller share of income in 1970 report
UPI reports Agriculture Department estimates show groceries up 27.4 percent and restaurant meals 52.4 percent above 1957-59. Yet rising after tax income outpaced food prices, dropping the share of income spent on food to about 16.5 percent for 1970, the lowest in history.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
U. S
Europe
Soviet Union
Far East
Sorghum Helps Finish Cattle Amid Bird Damage in Ohio
Ohio farmers test bird resistant sorghum grain to replace corn in cattle rations. Researchers compare high moisture sorghum to shelled corn noting rolling improves gains. A separate Ohio study finds calves in slotted floor pens gain 10 percent faster and face fewer respiratory issues than barn housed cattle.
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Ohio
H.W. Newland
Fremont
Newland
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
Texas
Rural Electrification reshapes loan aid for coops
REA will stop fully financing all qualified cooperatives at 2 percent interest. Beginning in early 1971 the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation will provide higher rate private loans to cover part of the credit needs. Large or financially strong co ops may still receive full REA funding while smaller or weaker ones use CFC funds under an ability to pay formula.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
David A. Hamil
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
CFC
Hamil
Better Grain Price Protections Urged By Mansfield and Metcalf
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and Sen. Lee Metcalf urge revising a Nixon era farm bill to strengthen minimum price support for wheat and feed grains. The letter to Senate Agriculture Chair Allen Ellender calls for firm parity linked price protections and notes bipartisan concerns over House drafted features.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Nixon
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Mansfield- Metcalf
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Press Arama
Becker
Rita Herner
Nancy Jennings
New London
Nancy
Mildred Phillips
Louise Linder
Mildred
Ohio State University
Miss Linder
Donald Biswell
Charles Woodworth
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