North Dakota Wheat Harvest Poised to Beat Last Year
North Dakota farmers see a rebound after a 20 year low with a record planted 12 million acres and a July 1 USDA forecast of 365 million bushels. Hard red spring lead, durum and winter wheat rise, while prices and drought concerns temper optimism amid high input costs and evolving demand from the Soviets and Chinese. Blake Humphrey, Doug Larson, and Neal Fisher are quoted on yields, markets, and risk as harvest begins.
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North Dakota
Kansas
Blake Humphrey
Humphrey
Gardner
Fargo
Doug Larson
Production Credit Association
Neal Fisher
State Wheat Commission
Minneapolis
Du Quoin Livestock Show Offers 77000 Premiums
The 1981 Du Quoin State Fair livestock show will offer 77000 in premiums, up from 1980. Beef cattle and steer leads with 25000, dairy cattle 20600, swine 10700, sheep 10110, heavy horses 5600, mules 4875. Shows run Aug 30 to Sept 6 with concurrent fair events and 4 H day Aug 29. Premium books and entry forms are available from the fair office.
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du Quoin
Gene Milleville
Milleville
Area 4-H
James Walsh
Carmi
Steve Radokozich
Earlham
Iowa
Bill Jennings
Olney
Lester Helms
Belleville
James W. Lewis
Orient
Ohio
Bill Murry
Lesser
Terry Murry
Marissa
Harry Bloom
Willard Graham
Tilden
Earl Hargis
Sparta
Guy Bynum
Altalla
Ala
Health plan benefits note on coverage terms
The policy outlines 365 days per illness and 80 percent first dollar coverage for eligible charges. It also specifies unmarried dependents are covered to age 23 under family contracts.
Hearings on Illinois erosion guidelines open next week
Public hearings begin August 24 in Southern Illinois to collect testimony on erosion control guidelines. Illinois loses about 6.7 tons of soil per acre annually. Local soil and water conservation districts will craft district guidelines, reviewed by the Department of Agriculture, under a voluntary approach to avoid a federal mandate. A $500,000 cost share funded last year supported conservation tillage, with Perry County SWCD distributing grants to farmers new to such practices, covering about 400 acres and cutting erosion by an estimated 30 tons per acre. The program's fiscal year 1982 funding ended, but districts hope voluntary farmer participation continues.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Perry County
SWC
Guidelines Set for T Value Soil Loss Standards Hearing Schedule
State wide soil erosion guidelines define a T value as the average annual soil loss tolerable for productivity. Hearings to hear proposed standards are planned in Perry County Du Quoin Pinckneyville Murphysboro Red Bud Chester Sparta and coordination rests with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Farm Bureau and Extension Service.
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Perry County
St. John’s
Jackson County
Cooperative Extension Service
Ava Blacktop
Murphysboro
Randolph County
First National Bank of
Red Bud
Chester City Hall
Swanwick St
Cooperative Extension Service Office
South St. Louis Street
Sparta
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
The
Farm Bureau
SWC
Beck writes agricultural law chapter in book
Robert E. Beck, professor of law at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is among nine experts in a two volume treatise on agricultural law published this summer by Shepard's McGraw Hill. His chapter on crop growers and animal raisers addresses their duty to avoid pollution.
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Robert E. Beck
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
School of Law
Shepard’s-McGraw Hill
Beck
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