Farmers Face Double Production Challenge In 40 Years
Manhattan Kansas analyst Orlan Buller from Kansas State University says American farmers must double output in 40 years to meet rising domestic and world food needs. He notes past gains came from irrigated land and research, urging greater land productivity, higher yields, and increased funding for graduate programs and coordinated research.
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Manhattan
Orlan Buller
Kansas State University
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
High Plains
Kansas
Buller
High Plains irrigation faces stability and demand shifts
The High Plains may see irrigated acreage stabilize or shrink by 2020 due to falling the Ogallala aquifer water table and rising energy costs. Buller outlines research needs from the High Plains Water Study to meet future feed demands, including yield increases, drought tolerant crops, pest control, and water-saving farming practices.
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High Plains
Ogallala
Buller
ASCS Lowers Interest Rates for Farmers Loans in 1981
Farmers gain from cheaper funds as ASCS reduces loan rates to 12.25 percent from 14.5 percent. Nine month loans cover 1981 crops with per bushel values for wheat corn and soybeans and milo, with possibility to forfeit grain to CCC if cash prices lag. A three year reserve option offers higher rates but requires grain to stay off the market until trigger prices are reached. Hornung notes the importance of acreage reporting for future allotments.
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Diane Yeamans
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
David Hornung
Agricultural Department
U.S. Treasury
Hornung
ASCS
Commodity Credit Corporation
Milo
Expansion Of World Markets Biggest Step
Manhattan reports that U S grain market internationalization in the 1970s reshaped farm policy and trade. Paul L Kelley, Kansas State economist, notes world food trade tripled in 25 years and the United States rose from 2 to 17 percent of global agricultural needs. He warns 1980s prices will be volatile and calls for broader research and policy shifts to dampen instability and aid developing nations.
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Manhattan
U. S
Kansas State University
Paul L. Kelley
Kansas Experiment Station
Kelley
U.S
Canada
Soviet Union
Australia
Japan
Russia
China
East European
Increasing Farm Income Variability Threatens Management
Kansas State University agricultural economist Orlen Grunewald told the Agricultural Experiment Station Conference that farm income variability will rise amid shifts in government programs world production currency values and interest rates. He urged producers to rely more on management information financing and marketing plus crop insurance and forward pricing to cope with risk though many remain wary of futures markets.
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Manhattan
Orlen Grunewald
Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
U.S
Grunewald
Marketing Costs Need Cutting for Kansas Agriculture
Kansas State University economist Orlo Sorenson says reducing grain transport and handling costs boosts farm profits, lowers family food budgets, and improves global nourishment. He cites shifts in rail contracts, unit trains, and evolving routing, urging study of rate structures, policy effects, logistics, and equipment efficiency for long term rural transportation.
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Sorenson
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