Early Spring Farming Advice From Local Extension Agent
Soil needs five warm days to dry and farmers should plan for four to five days of sun. The 1983 planting pattern is echoed this spring, but there was no early corn weather, risking up to 42 bushels per acre loss if planting misses mid June. Plant by May 10 in Northern Ohio.
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Lorain County
Ohio State University
Ohio
Orrin Builds A Computer Center Against All Odds
Orrin proves doubters wrong by assembling a full computer center with two roll tops. He tackles a cramped project, moves furniture, patches a ceiling hole, and paints a room while family helps. His persistence earns guests and reveals plans for a boat crane may be needed.
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Orrin
Paul
Sarah
Holger
Farm briefs show lower surplus commodity investment in 1984
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says total investment in surplus commodities by the Commodity Credit Corp. declined to 22.7 billion dollars by end of February from 25.7 billion a year earlier. Loans total 12.5 billion with 10.2 billion in inventories.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Department For Commodity Programs
CCC Holdings
Traveling sheep shearer recalls 80 years of clipping wool
Ray Smith, 64, a West Virginia native, travels by trailer and car to shear sheep across West Virginia, Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. He began in 1940, once shearing 150 sheep a day, now 10 to 14 per animal takes longer, with 5,000 sheep a year a good year amid a shrinking traveling profession.
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NEW Philadelphia
Ray Smith
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Smuth
Upper Sandusky
United Church of Christ
Smith
Korbel official says Champagne should be consumed after release
Guerneville California. Gary Heck of Korbel Champagne Cellars says champagne is finished and aged before release and should be drunk rather than stored. Aging on its side is not appropriate, as champagnes are already matured at the winery.
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Guerneville, Calif
Gary Heck
Korbel Champagne Cellars
Farm machinery sales edge up amid slow recovery
AP reports USDA economists project a spring lift in farm machinery sales yet a full recovery may take months or years. The Farmline article cites potential 10 percent yearly growth with 15 to 20 percent foreseen by some, but much of the increase will draw from existing inventories. Crop prices, rates, exports, and farmer income expectations will steer progress.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmline Magazine
USDA
Economic Research Service
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