Farm crisis ripples through economy as farmers consume vast goods
A farmer’s plight reaches beyond fields affecting banks, hardware, and equipment dealers. An ag meeting reveals agriculture as a major consumer of tires, steel, fuel, and services, with an average 200 acre farm using about 115000 dollars in capital annually and contributing four to five times that in goods and services to the wider economy. The piece warns that small rural losses could swell into a tidal wave affecting urban households.
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Exag Chief Bergland to Speak at Huron Erie Seminar
Exag chief Bergland Robert Bergland Executive Vice President of the National Rural Electric Cooperative and former U S Secretary of Agriculture will deliver the keynote address The Future of American Agriculture at the first annual Huron Erie Agriculture Seminar The event at EHOVE Vocational School starts Wednesday at 9 30 a m with three educational mini sessions covering International Market Opportunities For New Products Lending Procedures And All Allocation of Capital Speakers include James Warren Dr Kenneth Beery Warren Lee and Mrs Rath Linnaberry Lunch by Margaretta Young Farm Wives The program is planned and sponsored by Erie and Huron County Agri Businesses with Ohio Cooperative Extension Service offices involved
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Robert Bergland
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Warren Lee
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Farm Journal
Margaretta Young
Not too early for soil maintenance work Elyria
Harvest season nearly over prompts planning for spring planting and soil maintenance. Joel McRoberts urges soil testing to guide fertility, lime needs, and nutrient levels in the plow layer, with steps for sampling, drying, and kit contacts at Lorain Soil and Water Conservation District Elyria Ohio.
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Elyria
Joel McRoberts
Lorain
Dairy Management Meetings Planned by Local Extension Service
Local Extension Service agents schedule three dairy management meetings under the theme Dairy Management Strategies for 1986 to help dairymen improve profits amid 1996 financial pressures. Lecturers include Dr. Bernie Ervin, Dr. Don Pritchard, Dr. John Staubus, and Dr. Kent Hoblet. Sessions run Jan 14 Spencer Town Hall, Jan 15 Ashland PCA, and Jan 16 Des Dutch Hssenhaus Shreve, with fees and lunch included.
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Kent Hoblet
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Dairymen weigh options on whole herd buyout offer
Ohio dairy economist Robert B. Jacobson outlines that the new whole herd buyout program aims to cut milk production by 12 billion pounds in 18 months starting April 1. Farmers should perform a detailed financial analysis to compare staying in dairying versus selling out either via the buyout or private sale.
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Ohio
Robert B. Jacobson
Ohio State University
Jacobson
Extension service offers 1986 garden calendar for sale
The Cooperative Extension Service in Elyria announces its 1986 garden calendar is available for purchase. The 11 by 17 inch calendar, listing planting tips and seed advice, costs $3 and can be ordered by mail from the Extension Service office at 1575 Lowell St. Charles Behnke, horticulture agent, notes the calendar provides gardening guidance.
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Elyria
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