Wheat surplus charity prompts skeptic critique from farmer
A reader proposes giving five pound sacks of wheat to the poor via Congress. The writer, a wheat grower, calculates the impractical logistics and costs, notes shipping burdens and market disruption, and argues for reducing acreage while promoting local cooking with raw wheat. He ends by inviting readers to share bread and reconsider domestic use and consumption.
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Payment-In-Kind program details for farmers in 1983 plan
The government explains a Payment-In-Kind program offering farmers a percentage of their base yield per acre for reducing acreage beyond the 1983 program. PIK may pay less than full output since costs are avoided, ending after stocks are lowered, likely by 1984. Objectives include reducing stocks, maintaining market supplies, cutting outlays, promoting conservation, and easing storage. Participation ties to the regular reduced-acreage plan.
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Soybean Planting Ahead Boosts Yields and Income
Extension notes that PIK acreage rules allow conservation use with no cross compliance. Soybean growers can gain by planting earlier in narrower 10 inch rows. Trials show 10 day earlier planting in 10 inch rows adds about eight bushels per acre and roughly 45 dollars extra per acre, potentially 180 million dollars across Ohio if applied widely. Early May 36 inch rows yield 50 bushels per acre versus 35 in early June, with narrow rows helping recover some loss.
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Wellington Residents Appointed to Farm Credit Posts
Ashland based Farmers Production Credit Association promotes Gil Baker of Wellington to administrative assistant to the senior VP of credit. Baker, with the association since 1967 and formerly Oberlin field office manager, moved to Ashland corporate office Jan 1. Also Pat Whittington of Wellington hired Jan 17 as Oberlin office management trainee serving Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. he holds an agriculture economics degree from Ohio State and previously directed Farm Bureau activities in Ashland Medina and Wayne counties.
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Gil Baker
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Farmers Production Credit Association
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Oberlin
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Cuyahoga
Whittington
Ecotar
Income figures flawed by tiny farm like establishments
An Agriculture Department economist says small farm like establishments distort national farm income figures. One third of U.S. farms sell less than 5000 dollars yearly and collectively lose money, while redefining a farm could trim distortions, though politically tough.
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Agriculture Department
U.S
Roger P. Strickland
The
Economic Research Service
Strickland
Agricultural Economics Research
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