Nebraska groundwater generally good but irrigation impact uncertain
Groundwater levels across Nebraska are overall in good condition though the effect of widespread irrigation is not yet fully felt. Regions in the north central and northwestern parts show lower levels, while eastern areas are higher. overall precipitation and withdrawals shape the trends with about 24 000 irrigation wells pending impact.
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Nebraska
North Central
Panhandle
South Central
Dan S. Jones Jr
State Department of
Reds Give Wheat Exhibit In India Stiff Competition
LINCOLN The U S wheat exhibit at the World Agricultural Fair in New Delhi draws huge crowds. Anson Horning of Earned Kansas represented the Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn. at the event and praised the display while noting Russia’s Soviet exhibit as tough competition. The fair ends February 14 and is expected to draw over three million visitors.
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Lincoln
U. S
New Delhi
India
Anson Horning
Earned
Kansas
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn
Wanese Horning
Horning
Russia
Hornung
Marker commemorates Virginia peanut history
In Suffolk Virginia a highway marker honors Dr Matthew Harris who raised the first commercial peanut crop in 1842. Peanuts have since become Tidewater Virginia’s largest money crop worth about 30 million dollars annually.
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Suffolk
Benson's Price Support Loan Extensions for 1960 Crops
Washington announces extension of price support loans for 1959 and 1958 crops including corn wheat barley grain sorghums and 1956 corn with potential reach to over two billion dollars in storage. No decision yet on soybeans. Government storage payments available to farmers extending loans.
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Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Agriculture Department
Great Plains Work Gets National Boost
The National Association of Soil Conservation Districts approved a resolution urging supervisors to take a more active role in approving Great Plains Conservation Program contracts. Meerson England of North Platte introduced the proposal. Milton Fricke and Chester B. Ellis also backed resolutions. Ellis warned that surrendering rights could erode local watershed control and Fricke cautioned against seeking more federal aid for watershed development to avoid increased federal control and reduced local responsibility.
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Louisville
National Assn
Meerson England
North Platte
Milton Fricke
Chester B. Ellis
Nebraska
Ellis
Helmsville
Fricke
Nebraska Farmers Sell Out as Opportunities Shrink
Business Week reports Nebraska farmers face scarce opportunities to earn income outside farming. Factors include drought, harsh winter, and crop diseases. Wheat and livestock receipts fell in 1959, while corn rose slightly, and personal income dropped 0.6 percent. Agricultural leaders call for price stabilization and cost cuts.
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Nebraska
Business Week
Illinois
Iowa
Omaha
Western Electric
Everett Peterson
University of Nebraska
A V. Nordquist
Nordquist
Labor unions and farming meet amid 40 hour week talk
The Sidney Telegraph highlights Labor's demand for a 40 hour week and collective bargaining for livable wages. Spidel calls collective bargaining the number one solution for an equal farm economy. The piece notes shifting Farm to city work, Lincoln and Omaha as bright spots with payrolls, and area defense plans including Atlas missile installations worth 15 million and 26 million dollars.
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Spidel
The
Grange
Business Week
Lincoln
Omaha
Ee Defense
Strategic Air Command
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Tax Commissioners
J.B. Ruttner County Assessor
Enipco
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General Mills
P. O. Dex
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Lith
the, Sidney Telegraphy
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Alliance
Berton Cunningham
Gurley
Gurley Wscs
John Deere van Brunt
H.C
John Deere
Mayrath
Dodge
Combine
Innes Combine
Campbell Packer
Wisconsin
Jamesway
South Bend
Atlas
Louise Cunningham
Damon L. Kech
Jim Martin
American National Bank
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