Crop Insurance Growth as Farm Costs Rise Across Counties
Farmers face higher costs and growing risk as crop insurance expands. The FCIC program, with private underwriters, now covers 1,212 counties and major crops like corn and soybeans in several states. Policies insure yield or quality, with indemnities if losses occur, while replanting keeps coverage active. Private plans offer lower premiums but narrower perils.
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Farm Quarterly
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
FCIC
FDIC
Europe
Asia
Africa
Rabbits Threaten Trees With Ongoing Snow Cover
Lincoln Nebraska farmers and homeowners face increased rabbit damage to trees and shrubs as snow lingers A UNL extension expert R E Roselle advises wrapping trunks with hardware cloth or heavy foil kept above ground level and applying repellents including lime sulfur mixtures or hog lard based preparations Consult county extension agents for details and alternatives to protect landscape plants
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Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Extension
R. E. Roselle
Roselle
USDA's shifting role cuts farmer-to-bureaucrat ratio by 1990
The Washington dispatch notes a dropping USDA to farmer ratio from 1:142 in 1940 to 1:70 today, with projections to reach one bureaucrat per farmer by 1990. It explains declines in farm numbers and expanding USDA programs since 1964, plus examples like the Food Stamp Program and school lunch aid, FHA rural housing loans, and consumer research.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
USDA
Congress
Brooklyn
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Somerville
Texas
Snow litter visible as snow melts in spring cleanup
New York AP reports Keep America Beautiful urges action during winter to prevent spring litter. Allen Seed Jr. warns trash tossed in snow remains after melt, costing taxpayers millions in cleanup nationwide.
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New York
Keep America Beautiful
U.S
Allen H. Seed Jr
Tele graph Printing Co help offered at 830 Lith Ave
Need help with print ed forms. The Tele graph Printing Co Inc invites you to 830 Lith Ave where experts can assist.
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the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Lith Ave
Corn Dominates World Agriculture and Industry
The National Geographic Society notes corn as the top global crop, producing billions annually and surpassing gold and coal in value. Hybrid corn, advances in farming, and even research on sound influence have boosted yields, with corn finding uses from food to paints and soap.
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Washington
United States
National Geographic Society
Canada
China
Italy
India
Caspian Plain
Peruvian Andes
Russia
Hindustan Tropics
Cornucopia
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