New London Woman Honored for 45 Years of 4-H Service
Mildred Rowland of rural New London was honored in Columbus for decades of 4-H and volunteer work. She led the local Heart Fund, spent 20 years on the Red Cross Board, and remains treasurer of her church. A former teacher, she credits her energy to a desire to keep going and to helping others, with pride in her granddaughter’s Cincinnati college graduation.
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New London
Mildred Rowland
Columbus
State Agricultural Association
Rochester
Ralph Rowland
Cincinnati
Winter-wheat risks rise with unseasonable Ohio warmth
In Columbus the AP reports record warm temperatures could push winter-wheat crops toward premature growth risking damage from late winter snows and freezes. Extension agents caution that a week of warmth may spur problems, with potential root heave on wet soils and yield reductions in areas like Hancock Paulding and Franklin counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
Thomas J. McNutt
National Weather Service
Hancock County
Harry L. Freeman
David Jones
Paulding County
Plant panel names leadership for Plant Variety Protection Board
Washington AP Agriculture Secretary John R Block announced appointments to the Plant Variety Protection Board. C W McMillan was named chairman, Paul Fuller vice chairman, and Kenneth H Evans executive secretary. Board members include Merle Anderson R Jane Barris James Baird Billy E Caldwell Thomas Castle William Walker Guerry Delbert C Hess James R Justin David L Matthews Philip A Miller David Sinner Vaughn B Staller and John Studebaker.
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Washington
Agriculture
John R. Block
Plant Variety Protection Board
C. W. McMillan
USDA
Vaughn B. Staller
Palm, Pa
John Studebaker
Kalamazoo, Mich
Cotton club China cotton output climbs to threaten U S markets
Washington AP The Agriculture Department says China is boosting cotton production sharply. From under 10 million bales in 1978 to about 25.3 million this year, output rose 154 percent. Exports rose to 1.2 million bales while domestic use lagged, swelling inventories likely to grow unless output is reduced.
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Washington
China
U.S
Far East
Agriculture Department
Buy table grapes despite Cesar Chavez boycott letter
Farmer writer urges readers to resist the Cesar Chavez led UFW by buying table grapes, arguing social justice should include employers and nonunion workers. He cites Bruce Church Inc. and Red Coach lettuce as prior targets, condemns secondary boycotts, and condemns Chavez’s tactics while warning of harms to small farmers.
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Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
UFW
Chavez
California
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
McDonald's
Bruce Church
Bruce Church Inc
BCI
Martin Luther King Fund
Ceasar Chavez
Saul Olinsky
Ohio
Split farm policy views across regions in 1985 survey
A nationwide Extension Service poll of over 8,000 farmers in 17 major states finds broad disagreement on federal farm policy. While regional divides persist, the survey shows general dislike for how farm bills are written and indicates support for some targeted price and diversion programs varies by state, with Wisconsin and dairy interests shaping views differently from Great Plains and Corn Belt states.
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Washington
Agricultural Extension Service
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Harold Breimger
University of Missouri
Breimger
Extension Service
Alabama
Congress
Agriculture Secretary
Great Plains
Corn Belt
South Dakota
Kansas
Ed Jesse
University of Wisconsin
Jesse
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Cotton Club
Farm News
Jerry Brown
Pat Leimbach
Sarasota
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Florida
Winten Suvens
NEW Holland
W. Conter
St. Ph
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