Loss of farmland prompts Wellington despite urban drift
A Wellington critic laments Lorain County's decline from an agricultural region as farmland yields to malls and development. He urges sustaining youth interest in farming via vocational agriculture and broader agri-business careers to prevent the loss of rural character and local food production.
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Wellington
Community College
Bill
Lake Erie
Abbe Road
Route 254
Lorain County
Paul
London
Ontario
America
Kenny Rogers
Crystal Gayle
Perennial corn linked to forest plant in Mexico
Scientists from the University of Guadalajara and the University of Wisconsin report Zea diploperennis found in western Mexico forest. The perennial plant produces long lasting roots, offering a path to crossbreeding with modern corn to cut ploughing and seeding needs and boost yields.
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Mexico
University of Guadalajara
University of Wisconsin
Midview FFA to Hold Fair Livestock Auction
Midview Future Farmers of America members will hold a live stock auction at the Lorain County Fair on August 29 starting at 9 a.m. Emerson Blackburn, Midview FFA reporter, says the members have prepared the stock and hope to attract many bidders.
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Midview Future Farmers of America
Lorain County
Emerson Blackburn
Midview
FFA
Blackburn
All risk crop insurance offered by Beriswill agency
Dan Beriswill specializes in farm needs and unique farming risks. He works with several insurers to tailor all risk crop policies. With ASCS disaster cuts anticipated, he urges farmers to consider self arranged crop coverage and can design personalized programs. Call 926-3312 or visit 5881 Grafton Eastern Rd., Grafton, 9 to 5 weekdays.
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Dan Beriswill
ASCS
Dan
Grafton Eastern Rd
Grafton
Embryo Transfer Seen Boosting U S Dairy Power
UPI reports farm experts expect embryo transfer to lift United States dairy dominance. High yielding cows produce many offspring via super ovulation, artificial insemination, and embryo transfer with costs from 200 to 2500 dollars. First births in 1974, rising to over a thousand in early 1981. Experts note current limits with frozen embryos and ongoing research at several universities.
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Baltimore
UPI
United States
Aifetime
Richard Nelson
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Nelson
Robert Kenney
University of Pennsylvania
Agricultural Research Center
Hungary
Spain
Richard L. Jackson
Ohio
Jackson
Agriculture Dept urged to plan for future needs
The GAO recommends the Agriculture Department and states draw up long-range national plans for research to meet future food and agricultural needs. It warns rising land, water, energy, and money limits demand better planning and a cooperative federal state approach amid sensitivities over control and flexibility.
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Agriculture Dept
Brown
GAO
Federal Research Agency
the Agriculture Depart
Agriculture Department
Durkee's General Store Heads to Lorain County Fair
Durkee's General Store in Grafton, founded by Horace Durkee in the 1880s and now run by his great great grandson Dave Bescan, offers stoneware crockery enamel ware and home food production gear. The store touts Victoria strainers Excaliber dehydrators and Restel churning tools with demonstrations at the Floral Barn this year at the fair and a Main Street store presence.
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Lorain County
Wellington
Barnyard Boosters
Excaliber
Lorain County Fair
Dave Bescan
Darkee
Horace Durkee
Durkee
Main Street
Grafton
Main St
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Jerry W Long
Long
Sonja Hillgren
UPI Farm
4-H Club
Jim Lovejoy
Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture
Ment
The
Science and Education Administration
Agricultural Research Service
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Belden
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