Farm earnings drop in Illinois in 1977
Illinois farm operator earnings fell to 3594 in 1977 from 17871 in 1976, reflecting five prosperous years followed by a sharp decline. University of Illinois specialists Del Wilken and Richard Kesler cite labor and management compensation, operating expenses, and charges on land equity, noting small farmers and high-debt operators were hardest hit while large, efficient operators fared better.
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Illinois
Say del Wilken
Richard Kesler
University of Illinois
Wilken
Kesler
Farm and Folk Festival to award over sixty five thousand in premiums
The Du Quoin State Fair Farm and Folk Festival will award more than 65,000 in premiums to livestock exhibitors June 29 to July 2. Totals by depart ment include dairy cattle 19,456 beef cattle 17,594 swine 11,141 sheep 8,820 heavy horses 4,640 and jacks and mules 3,655. Entry deadline is June 22 with judging June 30 and July 1.
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du Quoin
Gene Milleville
Ani
Milleville
Charley Pride
Sugar prices loom large for Illinois farmers and markets
Sugar price policy shapes corn sweetener futures, cane and beet sugar, and soybean competition. Illinois farmers face cross pressures as Carter administration debates supports, duties, and quotas with industry leaders like Robert Liebenow and A. E. Staley forecasting shifts in markets and crops.
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Illinois
Robert Liebenow
Corn Refiners Institute, Inc
A. E. Staley Mfg. Co
Lafayette
Ind
Staley
Central
Linois
Liebenow
Carter
Congress
ISA
Mew Iberia
Washington
France
Orchard tour set at Eckert Orchards Thompson Unit
An orchard tour for area growers will start at 6 p m Thursday at Eckert Orchards Thompson Unit five miles east of Cobden. It features rootstock comparisons MM111 MM106 and varieties Top Red Red Delicious Johnnie Nured Jonathan Miller Spur Red Delicious and Goldens. A hedger machine will be demonstrated and summer hedging evaluated by Eckert management. Extension specialists will discuss practices and growers report on fruit prospects in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri. Growers may bring samples of orchard problems.
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Thompson
Eckert Orchards
Cobden
Eckert Management
Illinois
Missouri
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