Corn crop may be third largest on record this year
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1978 corn harvest could reach 6.15 billion bushels, only 4 percent below the record 6.37 billion bushels in 1977, with Bergland citing July 1 surveys and acreage controls as keeping production high despite late planting and weather. Wheat output was set at 1.8 billion bushels, oats down 15 percent, rye up 68 percent, and fruit crops mixed.
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Washington
Carter
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Ment
Bergland
Nobody can whip inflation alone by Mike Carr
The piece argues restraint across the nation to curb inflation, noting shared burden beyond local areas and highlighting the global economy. It contrasts Carter and Ford approaches, urges unity among U S workers, companies, and trading partners, and discusses world prices for commodities like sugar and the need to avoid price dumping.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Ford
Carter
WIN
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
New York
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Olney
U.S
High Vegetable Prices Likely to Persist This Summer
The Agriculture Department projects summer production of 14 major fresh market vegetables at 47.5 million hundredweight, down 1 percent from last year, signaling continued high prices for consumers. The piece compares US agriculture with foreign markets, notes export trends, and discusses trade talks in Bonn, Germany, inflation, and standards, suggesting complex economics behind price levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
U.S
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
United States
Bonn
Germany
France
EEC
Poland
Lawrenceville
Evansville
Ind
Hog feeders are his game McLean profile of Richard Pannier
Richard Pannier built Pannier Bulk Feeders from a backyard venture near McLean into a 16 employee Midwest operation with 65 feeder models and 75 000 units in Illinois and 15 other states. He attributes success to listening to hogs and cattle, using wood and stainless steel, and plans fiberglass lids to withstand strong winds.
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McLean
Richard Pannier
Midwest
Pannier
Illinois
Pannier Bulk Feeders
Agronomy Field Day Planned at Belleville Center
The annual Agronomy Field Day at the Belleville Research Center of SIU Carbondale will be held Thursday July 27 beginning at 1 p.m. Organizers will showcase eight demonstration plots with specialists from SIU C University of Illinois and the USDA. Demonstrations include corn production in living soil and soil erosion reduction to zero with pasture use in the same year as a corn crop.
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Belleville Research Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Plant and Soil Science Department of
Siu-C
School of Agriculture
University of Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
SIUC
Donald Elkins
Corn Yield Contest Deadline Extended
The National Corn Growers Association extended the entry deadline for its 1978 Corn Yield Contest to August 10. The entry fee is 25 dollars. Entrants must be NCGA or affiliated state association members. Further details are available from NCGA at 815 Office Park Road Suite 202 West Des Moines Iowa 50265.
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National Corn Growers Association
NCGA
Office Park Road
West Des Moines
Iowa
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