Agricultural Damage Reaches 1.5 Million From Flood
Franklin County faces estimated flood losses to crops and property surpassing 1.5 million dollars. Survey by Dave Hornung and Bob Bozworth cites 237,600 for terraces, 360,000 for fences, 130,000 soybeans, 45,000 pesticides, 240,000 wheat, 210,000 oats, and 360,000 corn. Officials will forward figures to the state emergency board for disaster funds consideration. Weeds threaten wheat yields as continuing rains stall planting and harvest shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Franklin County
Dave Hornung
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
State Emergency Board
Hornung
Secretary of Agriculture
Williamsburg
Ralph Ferguson
Richmond
Ottawa
Ferguson
Ottawa Co-op
Antibodies Help Cure Mastitis in Cattle
Beltsville Maryland reports that monoclonal antibodies promise a strategy to prevent mastitis, a $2 billion annual U.S. dairy problem. Dr. Albert Guidry notes antibodies identify immune globulins IgG2 IgM and help measure cattle responses to immunization while researchers develop IgG1 IgA. key questions focus on how when and with what to immunize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltsville
U.S
USDA
Albert J. Guidry
Plenum Press
Subramaniam Srikumaran
Richard Goldsby
Guidry
Science and Education Administration
Srikumaran and Goldsby
University of Maryland
Cesar Milstein
Georges Kohler
Medical Research Council
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Cambridge
England
Colostrum
Mamary Gland
Piglet losses still bite hog farmers as costs rise
Washington AP reports milder winter boosted piglets per litter to a record, yet higher production costs and lagging prices force continued cuts below 1980 levels. June 1 hog inventory 59.7 million, breeding stock 8.36 million, market hogs 51.4 million, all down from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Carolina
Ohio
South Dakota
Texas
Wisconsin
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Smaller Cattle Herds Hide Scabies Numbers
A USDA APHIS veterinarian reports 128 cattle scabies cases from Oct to May 1981, down from 247 the prior year. Texas led with 25 cases, while outbreaks traced to Navajo Nation cattle on tribal lands prompted dip campaigns. warmer weather reduces activity but ranchers should still monitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Glen Schubert
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Panhandle
High Plains
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Navajo Nation
New Mexico
Schubert
Conservation Dams Safety Push After Teton and Toccoa Failures
Herman Norwood discusses dam safety post Teton Idaho 1976 and Toccoa Falls Georgia 1977 collapses. U S D A Soil Conservation Service leads efforts with 1977 guidelines to tighten inspections reviews and inventories. Stockpiles show corn and soybeans down while wheat up. emphasis on enhanced dam safety programs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Norwood
Teton Dam
Toccoa Falls
Idaho
Georgia
Usdan Soil Conservation Service
Jim Wallace
Salina
Wallace
SCS
Kansas
Conservation District
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Fogle Quarry Inc
Ottawa, Kansas
Neil Satterlee
MIA Insurance
Home Farm
Cis Re
Jon Schmitt
Princeton
Gene Adams
Elmer Gray
Cliff Clarridge
Baldwin, Kansas
Ronald D. Hamilton
CPA
Anchor Savings Association
West 8Th Street
Lawrence
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