Farm Family Living Costs Drop While Net Income Falls
A Kansas State University study of 325 farm families shows total living expenses fell 3 percent in 1981 to about 13,888 per family while average net farm income swung from a positive 13,196 in 1980 to a loss of 15,195 in 1981.
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Kansas State University Extension Farm Management Association
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Leonard Parker
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Farm Management Association
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Conference Focuses On Profits in Cattle Industry
A large crowd gathered in Manhattan for the annual KLA Cow-Calf and Stocker Conference where producers and scientists discussed profit drivers for the 1990s. Speakers, including John Merrill and Bill Brown, warned the average producer cannot make money without above average forage gains, costs, and prices, while predicting inflation and high rates will persist.
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John Merrill
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Bill Brown
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America
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Tissue culture strawberries boost yields in Beltsville test
USDA researchers Galletta Zimmerman and colleagues report tissue culture propagation of strawberries increases yields and runner production, with plants stronger and more uniform, maintaining taste and appearance. The technique, tested on Earthglow Redchief and Guardian, may raise production and profits despite higher costs. The work earned the Darrow Award and was documented in 1981 JASHS.
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University of Maryland
United States
George M. ‘Darrow
American Society For Horticultural Science
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Ames
Iowa
Journal of
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Galletta
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