Agriculture Outlook Conference Sees Mixed 1982 Trends
The Agriculture Department presented a mixed 1982 forecast noting lower farmer prices and higher retail food costs 5 to 9 percent due to higher middleman costs. Large grain and livestock supplies push down farmers’ net income while export prospects hinge on Russia purchases and Southern Hemisphere crops.
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Satellites chart world crops and reveal U S plans
A 1981 Agriculture Department NASA project uses Landsat data to monitor crops from Argentina to Cuba. Analysts track acres planted growth and drought effects, predicting Soviet grain shortages and China flood impacts while debating funding cuts and looming farm policy battles.
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Houston
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Australia
USDA trims free pamphlets amid paperwork crackdown
The Agriculture Department reduces free publications and charges for some titles, including the Handbook of Agricultural Charts priced at $5 per copy. Officials cite the Paperwork Reduction Act and shifts to digital delivery, with more information disseminated via private contractors and university ADP systems to cut costs and improve efficiency.
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Kentucky
Price forecasting school planned for Benton office
A four hour session on price forecasting and sales management of agricultural products will be held Wednesday December 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Service office in Illinois 14 west. Extension Adviser C Richard Swope said Darrel L Good head of the University of Illinois task force will teach. The course aims to help farmers understand basic price determining forces on corn.
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Benton
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Illinois
West
C. Richard Swope
Darrel L. Good
University of Illinois
Swope
Fuel price rise weighs on farmers costs
Agriculture Department data show October fuel and energy prices nearly steady from September but about 13 percent higher than a year ago. Bulk regular gasoline averaged 1.29 dollars per gallon, up from 1.16 a year earlier, while diesel at 70.1 cents per gallon rose from 62.8 cents in October 1980. Additional text mentions soybeans cattle and price forecasts and marketing program training opportunities with enrollment details.
Farm payments rise to 1.5 billion in 1981
U S Agriculture Department economists project total government farm program payments around 1.5 billion dollars for 1981 up from 1.3 billion in 1980. About 400 million will go to wheat farmers under target price provisions as market prices fall short of the 3.81 dollar 1981 harvest target, with officials forecasting 15 to 16 cents per bushel. Much of the increase stems from poor crops in 1980, and the Economic Research Service notes that in Q1 about half of 557 million dollars in payments were disaster relief for drought-hit wheat, rice, cotton and feed grain farmers.
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Perry Farm Bureau 37th Annual Meeting Set in Pinckneyville
The Perry County Farm Bureau will elect directors to its board at its 37th annual meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus building in Pinckneyville A meal will be served at 6 30 p m prior to the business meeting Officers and committee chairs will report and directors from District 2 Townships 4 2 5 2 and 6 2 and District 4 Townships 4 4 5 4 and 6 4 will be elected for two year terms
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