Weather may undo USDA with bumper corn crop
Washington AP reports that favorable rainfall and cool weather boosted the 1980 corn crop to an estimated 6.5 billion bushels with a national yield near 96.1 bushels per acre, nearly matching the 1972 record. The Crop Reporting Board also projects a record 1.77 billion bushels of soybeans.
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Washington
Carter Administration
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Howard W. Hijort
Department
Farm Life crops lift hopes and scare farmers in 1979 outlook
Hjort discusses a 3 percent rise in bean crop and a possible 712 million bushel sorghum harvest, with 35 percent of corn fed to farm animals. Despite 1.3 billion bushels carried over from three bumper years, prices may stay low, prompting storage to lift prices and raise taxpayer costs. Consumers may gain price relief if beef demand remains steady.
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Hjort
August garden chores pave way for spring
August is a busy month for gardeners with harvests of pears grapes peaches apples and watermelons yet it also marks key annual chores. Dennis Thompson advises cutting spent stalks to speed decay and weed control before seeds mature. Plant fall vegetables now and apply last peach borer spray by Aug 15. Sow winter cover crops in abandoned plots and consider bud grafting to preserve fruit varieties. Clean strawberry beds and apply prefall herbicides before weeds germinate.
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Dennis Thompson
Williamson County Extension Agriculture
Levin
Moonlighting Farmers A Threat To Food Supply
In a regional column the writer cites USDA figures showing farmers earn more off the farm than on it, with 65 percent of small farms under 20 000 in gross sales and over 80 percent of income from off farm sources. The piece urges keeping small farmers in business without moonlighting, warns of consolidation, and argues for practical support without blanket protection.
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Mike Carr Lindsay-Schaub
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Associated Press
USDA
John Donne
Viewpoint on income guarantees and fair competition
A viewpoint argues that income guarantees are not required but people should be allowed to compete on a level playing field. The emphasis is on fair access rather than guaranteed earnings.
Dixon Springs Sheep Expo set Sept. 16
Illinois Sheep Expo 78 will be held Saturday Sept. 15 at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center. A full day of activities includes a commercial ewe sale, demonstrations on pregnancy diagnosis grafting and fostering lambing prep docking castration and other procedures, plus predator fencing and wool handling. Sponsors include University of Illinois Extension and Animal Science departments along with local agricultural groups.
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Illinois
Dixon Springs
Illinois 145
Harrisburg
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Cooperative Extension Service
Department of Animal Science
University of Ilinois
Illinois Lamb and Wool Producers, Inc
Dixon Springs Wool Pool
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