A Weathered Tour Through Farmers Winter Echoes
The narrator tours 17 states hearing American voices from farmers and workers. Snow in Illinois, water and wheat concerns in the Texas panhandle, nitrite bans for pork, oil booms in Dallas, rising land prices, and praise for farm wives. The piece ends with a farmer’s compliment to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
America
Thave
Ilinois
Pat Leimbach
Minneapolis
Sun Belt
Texas Panhandle
Mississippi
Colorado
Washington D.C
China targets giant grain gains reshaping world trade
China aims to raise annual grain output to 400 million tons by 1985 and 500 million by the early 1990s, expanding fertilizer use and large scale hog and poultry plants. If diet shifts toward wheat bread and higher per capita wheat use continues, world demand could surge, altering corn and soybean markets and US farming, even in years of poor harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
People’s Republic
Mike Hinebaugh
Acli International Commodity Services, Inc
Hinebaugh
Canada
Farmers urged to join 1979 Wheat and Feed Grain Programs
Farmers planting feed grain or wheat for 1979 harvest may join the voluntary Wheat and Feed Grain Programs by signing up Feb 15 to Apr 30 through the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service at 42670 Telegraph Rd. Benefits include price support loans, deficiency and disaster payments, and grain reserve access. Provisions include set asides and diversions. advances not paid for 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Telegraph Rd
J.J. Gordon
Lorain County
ASC
Gordon
Blackstrap Molasses Refined Grades Compared In Text
Blackstrap molasses is the least refined grade while further refining yields lighter grades with more sugar and sweetness.
Stockdogs boost cattle farming in the South
Mike Hutcheson of Austell Georgia, president of the Mid South Stockdog Association, trains Border Collies like Shane to herd cattle. He notes stockdogs are in rising demand as more farmers raise cattle. Training takes about three months to break in and a year to fully train, with prices not dropping below $500. Dogs perform tasks such as moving herd, retrieving strays, and guarding pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austell
UPI
Shane
Mike Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Mid-South Stockdog Association
South
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