Farm machinery purchases seen rising in 1991
USDA says farmers will buy more tractors and equipment this year. Despite debt caution, expected farm machinery investment may rise about 4 percent from 1990 with credit access improving. Net cash income forecast $53 to $58 billion. net income $42 to $47 billion. Farmland values up, farm debt down. California beet acreage cut 13 percent amid drought.
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Economic Research Service
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California
Computer fraud linked to farm subsidy scam in Illinois
Danita J. Stibling, a former ASCS administrative assistant, used a password to alter crop records and help her husband claim extra farm-support payments for 100 acres. Pleaded guilty to unauthorized computer use, placed on probation, must repay funds. The case is part of Operation Welcheat, a federal probe into welfare cheating.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Danita J. Stibling
ASCS
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Chevalier
Randall
Carlinville
Agriculture Department
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Bruce
Suhling
Sixth generation farmer faces burden in changing times
Paul Leimbach II, age 4, plays beside his grandpa as farming duties continue despite Paul’s 68th birthday. The narrator notes a family legacy of farming at End O Way, with son Orrin pursuing a master’s degree, and questions whether a sixth generation can sustain the generational farm amid a shifting agricultural climate.
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Paul Theodore Leimbach II
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End O’ Way
Downgraded duties for senior Agriculture official
Washington AP The senior Agriculture Department appointee Adis Vila's duties were pared to three areas in anticipation she will leave the post paying 109300 a year. Charles Hilty has taken over most regular assignments and Vila is listed as associate deputy secretary temporarily with broader duties reassigned.
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Adis M. Vila
USDA
Charles FR. Hilty
House Agriculture Committee
Vila
Agriculture
Edward Madigan
Kelly Shipp
Madigan
Hilty
Stupp
City relents allow potbellied pigs stay in Burbank
Burbank city officials granted a reprieve for a Vietnamese potbellied pig named Arnold after months of eviction threats. The council exempted pigs under 100 pounds with annual renewal permits if neighbors do not complain. Arnold, now about 50 pounds, faced a September eviction and October citation.
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Robert Ridenour
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