Farm Bureau honors Webb Kimmel and Rita Bauman at Franklin County meeting
Webb Kimmel of Thompsonville and Rita Bauman were honored at the Franklin County Farm Bureau annual meet on November 23 in Benton. Kimmel, 43 years on the bureau board and 13 as secretary treasure, helped form Hamilton County Farm Bureau and supported Rural Electrification Administration line extensions in Franklin County. Bauman and her husband Ray run a 1,000 acre farm southwest of Lesser, raising cattle and hogs and engaging in 4-H and other community programs. James Richison was re elected president and Larry Miller as vice president.
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Webb Kimmel
Rita Bauman
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Benton
Kimmel
Thompsonville
Bureau
Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Rural Electrification Administration
Franklin County
Robert G. McClerren
Cave Township
Bauman
Ray
Lesser
Vegetable Growers School to Discuss Efficient Production in Cobden
The Cobden event at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church recreation hall on December 15 covers vegetable varieties insect updates and farming methods. Speakers from the University of Illinois and Dixon Springs will discuss marketing fertility weed and disease controls with an afternoon Q and A session. The event is hosted by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service and the Tri County Vegetable Growers Association.
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Cobden
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Recreation Hall
J. W. Courter
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Roscoe Randell
University of Illinois Extension
Larry Snell
Cumberland Farm Produce
Monticello
Barry Jacobsen
University of Illinois Department of Plant Pathology
Herb Hopen
U of I Department of Horticulture
John Gerber
Southwest Illinois
Collinsville Holiday Inn
University
Farm income could jump sharply in 1981
An Agriculture Department projection says net farm income may rise up to one third in 1981 after a 1980 drought and high rates. Total 1981 net income could be 27 to 32 billion dollars with gross farm income rising faster than costs as farmers buy tractors, combines, and equipment.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economics and Statistics Service
J. Dawson Ahalt
Agricultural Outlook
GAO urges REA reform to expand private financing
The GAO calls for major REA changes to include private financing and shared credit risk, arguing the agency should move beyond banker duties to help meet national energy needs through better power system planning. The Agriculture Department opposes private credit involvement and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association backs existing structure.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
General Accounting Office
REA
Agriculture Department
GAO
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Association
Robert D. Partridge
Federal Financing Bank
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury
Estate planning seminar opens to all Southern Illinois residents
A Murphysboro estate planning seminar hosted by the University of Illinois Extension Service runs Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Jackson County Extension Center north of Murphysboro. Registration is 9:30 to 10 a.m. with a $3 fee. Allen Bock will lead discussions on minimizing estate costs, farm land valuation, tax credits, gifts, delayed estate tax payments, and generation shifting.
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Murphysboro
Illinois
Theackson County Extension Center
Ava Blacktop
Frank
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Allen Bock
University of Illinois Agricultural Law
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William J. Wagner
Union County
Robert W. Frank
Jackson County
Southwest School
Collinsville
Bill’s Salvage
Cobden, IL
Jackson County Extension Agriculture Adviser
R. A. Williams, Inc
Farm Services
Vergennes
P.O. Box
Chaffee, Mo
P. O. Box
Fairfield, IL
Wade M. Genthner
F.A.J.H
America
60 Minutes
United States
Canada
Mr. Genthner
The
American Institute of Hypnosis
Carbondale
Sterling
J& J
Redbooks
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