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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1981
Page
13
David A. Hornung then ASCS office manager says area wheat producers may borrow against their 1981 crop at 3.26 per bushel for nine months with early repayment and marketing option. Loans carry 14.5 percent interest, adjustable semi annually, and local ASCS offices offer more details.
Washington AP reports a Commerce Department analysis showing Japan's subsidized rice program, aimed at removing surplus, is reshaping U S agricultural exports. Japan's 1980 rice subsidies total 5.2 billion dollars, divert land to wheat and other crops, and could require further acreage shifts through 1990 to balance production and consumption. US rice exports dropped an estimated 20 million dollars in value. The study notes Japan accounted for about 5 percent of world rice trade and that export prices fell due to subsidized shipments.
Washington AP reports that U S farmers could boost exports but at the cost of cropland water and pasture. Economists warn conversion of range and forest could raise land prices erode soils and reduce meat milk and wood output. Farm income has fallen despite rising export values, with critics decrying policy as failing to feed the world.
Claire Scheibe launched The Toy Farmer in LaMoure North Dakota as a 17 subscriber quarterly and built a 1600 plus audience devoted to farm toys. The hobby grew into a national farm toy show drawing thousands, with Scheibe coordinating with Ertl Company to create official miniature tractors and managing a vast toy inventory and related media ventures.
Washington AP Agriculture Department links its Foreign Agricultural Service in Washington with its London office in a pilot of the Global Economic Data Exchange System. Richard A. Smith says the system will connect 67 overseas stations by 1985, speeding reporting on global agricultural developments for U.S. farmers.
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