Long range plans urged to feed world says Wills
Walter J. Wills of Southern Illinois University Carbondale argues for a long term goal to boost global food production as population rises. He proposes four strategies: intensify land productivity, reduce post harvest losses, improve handling and storage, and enhance marketing efficiency and income distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Meyer
SIU
Walter J. Wills
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Wills
Willis
Wills Proposes Steps to Expand Global Food Supply
The article outlines four major strategies to slow population growth and boost world food production. It calls for adequate global food reserves, advanced research led by native leadership, better communications to spread research findings, and higher priority of capital for farming enterprises while noting inflation, pricing controls, ideological divides, and entrenched institutions as key barriers to faster progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wills
Strike coverage sparks debate on farming's plight
Mike Carr critiques a TV newswoman at the Illinois Farm Bureau meeting in St Louis as ill prepared for farming journalism while praising veteran farm reporters and noting retirements of James Monk Vance Creston Foster and Scotty Thomson. The piece argues the strike visibility highlights farmer concerns and urges better coverage of farm economics and politics.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Illinois Farm Bureau
St. Louis
Hiire
Eric Severeid
Harry Reasoner
James ‘‘Monk”’ Vance
The
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Illinois
Texas
Stanley Lentz
Bloomington
Scotty Thomson
Prairie
Foster
Thomson
James C. Tippett
USDA adjusts grain inspection fee schedule effective Jan.9
The Agriculture Department sets new rates for federal grain inspection, with some cuts and others raised. Original inspection fees will be $6.50 per truck, $10 per boxcar, $13.50 per hopper car, $5.50 per submitted sample, $1.85 per 1 000 bushels for barges ships and bins, and $3.45 per protein test, while current fees include $12, $15, $18, $9.50, $8, $16 per hour and $11.50 per protein test. The changes are projected to raise about $12.6 million and take effect January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Leland E. Bartelt
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Congress
Williamson conservation dinner planned
The Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 30 p m January 30 in the Marion High School cafeteria George McKibbens of the Dixon Springs Agriculture Center will be the speaker Awards will be presented to winners of various contests Tickets are 350 and more information is available from the district office at 412 U S Court St telephone 997 5287
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Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Marion High School
George McKibbens
Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
U S. Court St
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