USDA Prices Rise But Farmers Still In Trouble
USDA reports November farm price index rose 2.4 percent driven by cattle, broilers, corn, strawberries and oranges, yet overall prices remain 7.4 percent below a year ago. Farmers paid costs up 0.6 percent in November, with feed and feeder livestock cited as main drivers. Livestock and crop prices stay below year earlier levels, with income expected to drop to 25-29 billion dollars from 34.5 billion. Parity index at 126 percent, up from October, signals continued weak farm purchasing power despite modest gains.
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KU Dean To Lead NASA Journalist in Space Panel
The dean of KU's William Allen White School of Journalism will head a regional interview panel for NASA's Journalist in Space Program. Five universities coordinate, selecting eight candidates each for a national committee, with finalists to be announced April 17 and training in May ahead of a September shuttle flight.
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Common Market Leaders Weigh Revisions To Rome Treaty
In Luxembourg leaders from Western Europe open talks on easing free trade barriers as they consider revisions to the 1957 Rome Treaty. Denmark, Britain, Ireland resist certain changes while Spain and Portugal join as new members en route to broader European integration.
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Theodore Pescatore
Luxembourg Conference Center
Francois Mitterrand
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South Africa
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Portugal
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Ireland
Denmark
Poul Schlueter
Italy
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