Farming lessons learned by Brownhelm farmer Chuck Latto
Patty Miller and Chuck Latto become part of Brownhelm Township life as he converts 70 acres to soybeans. He uses guidance from Successful Farming and the Extension Agronomy Guide, underplays risk with a new 1963 combine, and learns farming by trial and error with neighbors watching.
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Chuck
Brownhelm
Extension Department
Patty
Production Credit Association
Russell Miller
Alex More
Alex
Secretary of Agriculture
Josh
Bank agricultural consulting expands to Iowa farms
Leland Long of Central National Bank in Des Moines plans a new farm management consulting unit for about 200 farms in 45 Iowa counties. The plan offers one year contracts from 400 dollars plus per acre charges and incidental hourly consulting, with field visits and annual analyses.
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Granger
Iowa
UPI
Leland Long
Long
Jim Wallace
Wallace
Central National Bank and Trust Co
Des Moines
Timber designed farm buildings from Star Builders
Fall is ideal for expanding a farm with timber designed buildings by Star Builders. Star Constructs buildings for crops, equipment, and livestock at about half the cost of conventional builds. Star is northern Ohio’s leading timber design builder, offering turnkey service and local personal attention from Bill Starbuck and Pete Costello. Route 113 west of Route 58 in South Amherst.
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Star Builders
STAR
Ohio
Bill Starbuck
Pete Costello
Route
Route 58
Amherst
Farm Bureau policy meeting set in Cuyahoga County
The Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau Federation will hold a policy development meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Nicholas Nickleby Room of the Sheraton Hopkins Airport. Dan Hajduk, policy development chairman, will preside as community leaders are invited to contribute suggestions for local state and national policies.
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Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau Federation
Sheraton Hopkins
Nicholas Nickleby
Dan Hajduk
Growing gardenias outside a greenhouse challenges
The passage notes that growing gardenias outdoors is hard, advising May placement in sun with ample feeding and watering, and winter storage at 45 to 50 degrees. It also states Japan buys 12,000 tons of pure honey from Argentina each year.
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Japan
Argentina
Farm land values set to rise another 14 percent this year
Washington experts note inflated farm asset values mask real gains. In current dollars farm assets climbed to $820.2 billion last year up $107.2 billion from 1978 while constant-dollar gains were only $600 million. Debt and equity shifts show assets outpacing debt, with real estate debt rising 13.5 percent in 1978.
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Washington
UPT
Agriculture Department
United States
Carson Evans
Evans
Women rally planned in Columbus with Dear Abby speaker
A statewide Farm Bureau Women’s Rally is set for October 10 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Columbus. The program begins 9 30 a m with a Swiss steak lunch at noon. Guest speaker Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby. Lorain County tickets 60 first come first served at 8 per ticket. Reservations due Sept 24. A 49 passenger bus chartered from Pittsfield Town Hall at 7 30 am round trip $3 50. Reservations through Norma Nichols Elyria Farm Bureau office.
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Farm Bureau
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Columbus
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Pat Johannsen
Lorain County
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Pittsfield
Norma Nichols
Elyria
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Chuck Latto
George Reinhart
John Angersbach
John
Pat Leimbach
Robert Williams
Galaxy
Kipton
Bank
Farm Bureau Group
Allis-Chalmers
Jim Schaefer
Belden
Chronicle Telegram
S.gotnt
Wstar Suiloers
Ofie
New Holland
Jas
Lagrange Tractor Sales
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