Weathered farmland woes push for soil conservation lessons
The article describes wind and water erosion threats on a 160 acre wheat farm. Stubble burning has diminished and 30 cattle graze where nothing is spared. It urges conservation methods like strip cropping and stubble mulching, noting past lessons from the 1930s and the need to prevent future erosion.
When to Sell Cattle Feeders Face Usual Dilemma
Lincoln experts outline factors for deciding when to extend feedlot finishing. Key elements include cost of additional gain, estimated sale price after extra days, and potential grade improvements. Using example figures, the piece shows how a higher cost of gain can erase any added value, guiding feeders to sell when further feeding fails to boost profit.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska Extension
Pesticide Shows on KTNE Channel 13 March programs
Nebraska Educational Television Network presents three pesticide programs on KTNE Channel 13 Alliance. March 13 20 and 27 at 7 00 p m MST feature legal aspects weed and disease control and insect control with experts including William Thomas John Furrer Loren Robison John Weihing Bob Roselle and others.
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KTNE
Channel 13
Alliance
Nebraska Educational Television Network
William Thomas
Miller Chemical Co
Omaha
Thomas
John Furrer
Loren Robison
John Weihing
Bob Roselle
Water Resources Institutes Planned Across Nebraska
The University of Nebraska will hold 11 public Water Resources Institutes from March to April to map Nebraska’s water supply and needs, and outline a master plan. Dean Axthelm notes the program aims for broad inter est group participation and focuses on identifying problems and solutions. The meetings will gather urban rural and industrial reps in each area, with open public attendance and invites to county boards, water groups, federal agencies, chambers, and others. Scheduled sites include Tecumseh Geneva McCook Norfolk Ainsworth St Paul Kearney North Platte Scottsbluff Chadron and Omaha.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Axthelm
Chambers of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Tecumseh
Geneva
McCook
Norfolk
Ainsworth
February 27 to March 7 4-H events calendar
A sequence of 4-H activities and meetings including home extension leader trainings on ironing February 27 and February 28 at the 4-H Building. A delegation planning session to Alliance for 4-H summer camp at Halsey. Weed meeting March 2 with soil specialist Louis Daigger of Scottsbluff. Other dates show 4-H Council meeting March 2, Sidney Wranglers Club, leaders dinner March 6, Parents Night March 7, and Feeders Day at Scottsbluff Experiment Station.
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Helen Kreymberg
Scottsbluff Experiment Station
Sidney
Fairgrounds
Alliance For
Halsey
Louis Daigger
Scottsbluff
Sidney Wranglers
Massachusetts Group
Parents
Feeders
First Acreage Survey For 1967 Gets Underway In State
Nebraska prepares the Prospective Plantings Report with letters to Lincoln from thousands of farmers. State Statistician A V Nordquist will collect 1967 crop acreage plans for 16 crops, based on reporters' intentions rather than actual plantings, to aid farming decisions. The survey, a joint effort of state agriculture departments and the US Crop Reporting Board, will be released March 20.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
A. V. Nordquist
State Departments of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Washington, D.C
Nordquist
For Sale Nebraska Panhandle Farm With Land and Hay
Sale notice describes a 1380 acre Nebraska panhandle property with half topsoil washed away, 3% gullies and 1 to 3 foot depth, an empty house with missing doors and windows, 50 bales of wild hay, and feeding ground suitable for cattle without grazing restrictions. Weeds may be present. Potential buyers encouraged to inspect the site.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
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Stratton
Weed and Seed Division
Charles Fenster
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Pam
Jasper
National
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Marcelo Barelman
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Kearney
Chadron
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