Illinois delegates named for Midwestern Small Farm Conference
Tom Fisher of rural Royalton and Ron Bear of rural Orb Orchard are named as Illinois delegates to the Midwestern Regional Small Farm Conference August 15 to 17 in Des Moines Iowa. Eight Illinois delegates attend, with USDA and Federal Community Services Administration sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fisher
Rural Royalton
Ron Bear
Rural
Orb Orchard
Illinois
Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Community Services Administration
USDA
Bob Bergland
Ray Morris
University of Ilinois Cooperative Extension Service
Morris
Benton
Fisher
Bear
Ron
Rachel Bear
Tom
Debby Fisher
Kenneth
Pyramid Prck Producers Association
Agronomy Day set at Dixon Springs with 24 stops
Dixon Springs Experimental Station near Simpson hosts Agronomy Day on Thursday with eight fixed stops and sixteen self guided stations. Highlights include zero tillage methods for corn and soybeans, double cropping, nitrogen and fertilizer trials, discing treatments, herbicide studies, forage topics, and disease control talks by Don Kuhlman and Barry Jacobson. Tour buses depart around 9:50 a.m. and activities run to about 3 p.m. Lunch will be available at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Springs
Simpson
Don Kuhlman
Barry Jacobson
The American Agriculture Movement fades after strike failure
AAM members linger and public support wanes as planting resumes. Reports from Kay Cook in the Denver Post and Fred Kiewitt in the Kansas City Star note the strike collapsed with the arrival of planting weather. Prices improved somewhat, but parity remained far from 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Washington
Denver Post
Kansas City Star
Kay Cook
The
Post
Star
Fred Kiewitt
Cook
Bud Bitner
Springfield
Colo
Don Muhm
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Farm Editors of America
Don
Associated Press
Arkansas
Midwest
Tart cherry crop falls 18 percent nationwide
The Agriculture Department forecasts total tart cherry production at 176 million pounds, an 18 percent drop from last year but still 20 percent above 1976 levels after freezes damaged the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
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J. Duane C. Kraemer
Texas A&m University
Texas
Kraemer
Texas A&m
Embryo Transplant Works
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro
Ascs Grain Storage
Square Post Buildings
P.O
Chaffee MO
Fairfield, I
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