Bankers' Award Winner Robert Cooper Farmer of Franklin County
Robert Cooper and wife Dorothy manage a 240 acre Franklin County dairy farm, renting 100 acres, and received a Bankers' Award for outstanding conservation farming. They terraced the land, installed waterways by 1965, grow hay and feed including alfalfa and brome, raise 100 Holstein cows, and rely on family labor with five children.
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Robert Cooper
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Franklin County
Ottawa Area
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Robert
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Local FCI Office Protects 2000 Farmers in Eight Counties
The United States Department of Agriculture District Office of Federal Crop Insurance in 209 W. 2nd has operated under Mrs. Leo E. Mealman since 1961. Eight counties Franklin Anderson Coffey Douglas Johnson Miami Osage Shawnee are served. Wheat remains the major crop with corn soybeans and grain sorghum also covered. About 2,000 farmers hold FCI contracts across these counties.
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Shawnee
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