Aging Ohio farmer eyes future of farms amid urban sprawl
In west central Ohio, 80 year old Woody McDowell voices concern as aging farmers struggle to pass on land. USDA figures show rising farm ages nationwide and in Ohio, while farmland shrinks. Experts cite financial hurdles and urban development as key barriers to succession and farming continuity.
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Ohio
Woody McDowell
McDowell
Agriculture Department
U.S
United States
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USDA
Economic Research Service
Mike Pulling
Ohio Farm Bureau
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Cargill Scholarship Awarded to Pomona High Graduate
Shelly Kiehl, 1999 Pomona High School graduate and daughter of Don and Barbara Kiehl of 1252 Reno Road, received a $1,000 award as part of Cargill’s Rural America Scholarship Program. The student plans to attend Ottawa University to study business administration. Deadline June 1 for LDPs on 1998 crops and for planting reports.
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Pomona High School
Kiehl
Don
Barbara Kiehl
Reno Road
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America
LDP
David Hornung
Franklin County Farm Service Agency
E. 23Rd St
Hornung
USDA
MrayQin
Food safety workshops planned across Kansas
Kansas State University experts Karen Penner and Elizabeth Barrett announce four one day food safety workshops on HACCP to curb foodborne illness. Locations in Overland Park Topeka Salina and Wichita with a 60 dollar registration fee include manuals and materials.
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Kansas State University
Penner
Elizabeth Barrett
KSU
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Regents Center
Quivera Road
Topeka
Shawnee County
Western Ave
Salina
Saline Campus College
Centennial Road
Wichita
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New Holland to Buy Case for 4.3 Billion in Farm Gear Tie
European farm equipment maker New Holland N V will acquire Case Corp for about 4.3 billion, paying $55 per share in cash. Fiat would hold about 71 percent of the combined venture, creating a strong Deere & Co rival amid the weak big-ticket farm market.
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Deere & Co
Case
New Holland
England
Italy
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United States
Latin America
Europe
Russia
Mulvane well hazards spotlight unused groundwater holes
In Mulvane a toddler’s near miss with a narrow abandoned well raises alarms over thousands of active and tens of thousands of abandoned wells in Kansas. Officials urge landowners to identify and plug open wells to protect groundwater, with state rules on active wells and post-1974 wells registrable.
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Ichita
Kansas
Mike Dealy
Equus Beds
Halstead
Sedgwick County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Dealy
Jessy Kraus
Monty Munyon
Sedgwick
Arizona cotton prices drop threaten growers in Marana
Arizona cotton growers face a price collapse amid Asian economic woes and a large surplus. Pat Pacheco on an 1800 acre Marana farm fears competition from cheaper imports as federal export subsidies end this year. Arizona produced 888,800 bales worth $286 million in 1997, with much of it exported to Japan.
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Phoenix
Pat Pacheco
Marana
Ariz
Pacheco
Arizona
Asia
Wayne Bjorke
U.S. Farm Service Agency
Wiley Murphy
Arizona Cotton Growers Association
Japan
U.S
Farm state Demos push for farm aid despite GOP block
Democratic Senators Harkin and Dorgan pressed to add 5.3 billion in emergency farmer aid into a supplemental spending bill. The proposal failed 14 to 14, with Sen. Burns voting with Democrats. The committee chose 566 million for farmers instead, which Democrats call inadequate.
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Washington
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
House
Senate
Conrad Burns
R-Mont
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