Nebraska offers free emotional counseling to farmers
Farmers facing low grain prices and drought in southwest Nebraska can access free emotional counseling through December. The program, run by the Methodist Employee Assistance Program and funded from the Rural Rehabilitation Fund, allows unlimited phone consultations and up to three in person sessions with licensed counselors. Officials say stress and mood issues loom as bank foreclosures rise, and the service aims to prevent tragic outcomes by giving farmers support and resources.
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South Dakota
Sitzman
Methodist
Omaha
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Faber
Methodist Health Systems
Boyd
Clinton orders buy of surplus wheat to aid farmers
President Clinton announces a government purchase of 80 million bushels of wheat, about 2.5 million tons, to lift prices and donate the grain to starving populations in Sudan, Indonesia, and other nations. He urges Congress to expand direct loan eligibility and IMF support while noting widespread farm hardships across states including North Dakota.
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North Dakota
Newt Gingrich
Garbanzo trouble topples North Dakota farmer crop plan
Grand Forks AP Dan Pfeifle planted 2000 acres of wheat last year and mixed crops this year due to low prices and a 1996 farm law. Garbanzo beans, labeled vegetables by the USDA, triggered limits on base acres, trapping Pfeifle and neighbor Robert Weigel in a dispute over what may and may not be grown on long established base acres.
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N.D
Dan Pfeifle
Napoleon
Farm Service Agency
FSA
U.S. Agriculture Department
North Dakota
Robert Weigel
Weigel
USDA
Pfeifle
Flares to seed western Kansas clouds for rain
Western Kansas weather modification pilots will fire hygroscopic flares carrying salt and potassium chloride into storm bases to induce rain. The shift from silver iodide hail suppression aims to boost rainfall across 16 counties and parts of six others, supplementing past hail reduction results.
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Lakin
Kan
Kansas
Western Kansas
High Plains
Keith Lebbin
Western
Curt Smith
Colorado
Smith
Darrel Ecklund
Kansas Water Office
Field Day At Sunshine Farm Promotes Sustainable Agriculture
The Land Institute will host its third annual field day for farmers and ag officials at Sunshine Farm Salina on August 1 from 10 a.m. to noon. The 150 acre research site showcases farming without fossil fuels pesticides or fertilizers, featuring a biodiesel tractor draft horses and solar energy. Crops include milo soybeans sunflowers wheat oats alfalfa. Public welcome. information Marty Bender at 785-823-8728.
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Salina
the Land Institute
Sunshine Farm
Marty Bender
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