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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1984
Page
19
A veteran educator in an affluent Cincinnati suburb argues that parents lack parenting skills and time, citing widespread neglect and behavioral issues among today’s second graders. She urges mandatory parenting courses, notes heavy testing and discipline challenges, and highlights her own experience with liberated, career-focused mothers.
A Moses Lake farmer uses advanced planting equipment that monitors seed dispersion planting depth and other factors via computer to grow spring potatoes. The story notes the United States yields about 30 billion pounds annually with Washington second to Idaho in production and highlights the potato as a staple. Wendy's reports serving 600000 baked potatoes daily.
Extension bulletin kits for home gardeners available at the Norwalk office. Nationwide data show US corn stocks at 3.26 billion bushels as of April 1, down 48 percent from last year. Ohio erosion and prime farmland figures highlight soil and land-use trends. Milk production in March declines 3 percent year over year with 1984 outlooks inching lower.
Washington AP reports farmers holding some 1983 soybeans see prices rise to 7.94 per bushel by April 25, up 15 percent from January. USDA notes inventories fell 36 percent YoY, with April 1 stock at 753 million bushels and strong export prospects amid tight global oil supplies. Averages for 1983-84 are seen near 7.75 to 8.15, influenced by South American production outlook.
In 1983 Americans consumed a record 2,096 pounds of meat per person with beef 79 pounds pork 62 pounds chicken 52 pounds and turkey 11 pounds. Prices fell about one percent. Farmers expect higher pesticide and fertilizer costs in 1984 due to expanded field crop acreage and a rebound in raw crop area from 1983. Expenditures for pesticides projected at 3.5 to 4 billion dollars nationwide. Also notes on San Jose scale pests return and the use of sewage sludge on farmland with health safeguards and a guidance bulletin available from Ohio.
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