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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1986
Page
8
Morning spray began as Paul inspected aphids on potato vines and set the tractor spraying. A faulty pump bearing sparks alarm and a looming $600 cost, while a farm wife watches the drama unfold from the quiet house.
For the week ending August 1, Ohio reports 62 fieldwork days with little rain allowing strong small grain and hay harvests. Corn remains good to excellent with most silking and 42 percent in the dough stage. soybeans blooming and 54 percent setting pods. Winter wheat harvest is finished. oats harvest and hay curing progressed. some heat stress and aphids noted, leaf hopper damage rising on alfalfa. Soil moisture 58 percent adequate, 40 percent short, 2 percent surplus in the northwest.
The 1986 Lorain County Farm Bureau annual meeting will be Sept 4 at 7 pm in Russia Township Hall Oberlin 46268 Butternut Ridge Rd. Knapp's Catering serves a family style dinner. Pat Vivo will speak after the business meeting. Tickets through Aug 26 from the Farm Bureau office or board members.
More than 700 projects were judged to select Lorain County 4-H home economics representatives for the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. The list includes Yeast Breads Connie Emerson Penfield Coop Farmers and Mary Hoertz All American Foods, among many others, with numerous individuals earning honorable mention for outstanding food and equipment projects.
Sixty four Lorain County 4-H youths selected for State Fair animal and agricultural product projects will enter demonstration contests, judging teams, bicycle rodeos, project interviews and animal shows. The roster lists 4-H clubs, names, and assigned fair activities across horse shows, electricity, woodworking, natural resources, photography, bicycling, and dairy fields. Also notes inclusion policy and accessibility.
Elyria district officials announce the deadline Friday to sign up at the Lorain County Soil Conservation Service office at 1575 Lowell St. Karl Schneider notes this is the last chance to enroll cropland for 10 years. Eligible land earns rental payments, with 50 percent of conversion costs covered by the Agriculture Department to convert highly erodible cropland to grass or trees. Qualification requires land rated at twice the tolerable erodible level.
A 1985 USDA study finds despite fewer farms, U.S. colleges will produce about 44,000 graduates annually in food and agricultural fields, leaving a 10 percent shortfall to fill an estimated 48,000 annual openings through 1990. Shortages loom in science, engineering, management, and marketing roles. agriculture and related fields show crowded prospects. Contact USDA Higher Education Programs for details.
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