Farmers Push for Collective Bargaining in Congress
Washington UPI reports growing calls for farmer collective bargaining to lift prices and incomes. Bills by Mondale Humprey and Sisk Tunney seek a National Agricultural Relations Board, with differing reach over producer negotiations and binding settlements. progress remains uncertain in an election year.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Mondale
National Agricultural Relations Board
NARB
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio farmland loss nears hundred thousand acres annually
Columbus reports USDA findings show Ohio loses about 100,000 acres of farmland each year to factories homes and highways. From 1965 to 1970 508,000 acres of pasture cropland and woodland vanished while farm numbers fell by 9,000 despite larger average farm sizes. Local experts urge property tax relief and land use planning to curb the trend.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Richard C. Betts
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Betts
Ed Shandys
Ohio State University
Jim Scheafer Allis Chalmers dealer ad shines
Jim Scheafer, at Rt 76 Beldenis, promotes Allis Chalmers lawn and garden tractors. He offers help choosing equipment, demonstrations, and easy financing. The line includes 8 to 12 hp models with quick change implements for mowing, snow removal, hauling, plowing, spraying, and grading, plus features like a free floating mower design and dealer service.
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Allis Chalmers
Jim Scheafer
Jim Scheaffer
Rt. 76
Belden
Allis-Chalmers
The Urge to Garden Doors into a Yard of Blooms
A writer laments a lack of enthusiasm for gardening yet embraces a clothesline of perennials and weeds. She enlists neighbor girls to tend borders, turning her yard into a teaching plot while imagining a Philadelphia editor retiring to a garden paradise.
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Philadelphia
Pat
Leslie
Kelly
Karen
Tammy
Ohio Farm Bureau forms soybean division for marketing policy
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation creates a first time Soybean Commodity Division to address marketing and policy issues for soybeans. Leonard Schnell notes last year’s crop valued at over 228 million dollars with nearly 2.5 million acres grown in 1971. A statewide advisory committee led by Larry Humphrey will guide activities while county committees are recommended to consider a soybean checkoff and promotion program.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Leonard Schnell
Apple Creek Farm Bureau
Schnell
Larry Humphrey
Johnstown
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Farm Bureau
Exercise for chickens bone strength in cage study
Washington AP report describes an Agriculture Department study showing restricted caged broilers lack exercise. Six 20 week old chickens wore wing casts and were placed on an open floor for 16 days. immobilized wings weighed less and bones cracked more, proving exercise matters for bone strength.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Research Service
Sus
Rain delays Ohio planting due to heavy rainfall
In Columbus, Ohio, wet ground delays planting as the Ohio Crop Reporting Service notes 35 percent of corn planted versus 75 percent last year, soybeans lagging far behind 20 percent, potatoes 45 percent complete, and oats and sugar beets about the same. Pastures remain lush but hay and silage production slows amid excess moisture.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Dan Tucker
ser +vice
Tucker
Midview FFA honors top members at banquet
Outstanding members of the Midview Chapter of the Future Farmers of America were recognized at the annual parent and son banquet. Frank Motta led with the State Farmer Degree and DeKalb Award, plus Star Agricultural Mechanics and Star Chapter Farmer citations. Others earned Star awards in crops, livestock, and horticulture, with several members placing in judging contests.
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Midview
FFA
The
Future Farmers of America
Parent and Son
Frank Motta
Edward Motta
Indian Hollow Road
Grafton
Ohio State Ffa Association
Motta
DeKalb
Star Agricultural Mechanics
Star Chapter
Jim Weigel
Jeff Spanski
Star Agricultural
Dean Gest
Terry Hales
John Klincent
Ronnie Ervin
Doug Fedak
Kent Ferrier
John Mennell
Tony Shamblin
Randy Schriver
Dale Reichenbach
Midview High School
Jerry Long
Wayne Mennell
Mennell Road
Herman Gest
Rt. 303
Robert Beriswell
Clayton Mole
Muskingam
Pete Mayes
Wade Bloomfield
Henry Schriver
Belden
Marketing decisions urged for ’72 crops
Farmers urged to decide on 1972 crop marketing before June 15 to maximize income. Arthur Blackwell notes high investment and recommends attending a free grain storage and merchandising seminar led by Dr. John Sharp at Wayne Savings and Loan, Ashland, 9:30 am to 12 noon. Topics include storage, contracting, and futures. Sulfur coated urea shows advantages in Muscle Shoals experiments, providing longer nitrogen release and fewer yearly applications for steadier crop growth.
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Arthur Blackwell
Lorain County
Blackwell
Cooperative Extension Service
The
Wayne Savings and Loan
John Sharp
Ohio State University
United States
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Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Georges. McGovern
D-S.d
B.F. Sisk
John V. Tunney
California
Agriculture
House
Senate
Senate Attee
Sisk
Shandys
New Jersey
Gene R. Abercrombie
SRAM
Phone Star Builders, Inc
State Rowe
South Amherst
Creston, Ohio
Monnday
Creston Livestock Sales
Starline
Born
Vermilion Rd
Kiptan
Ford Good
Seville
Creston Poultry & Egg Auction
Aerial Farming Service, Inc
N. Central Ghie
John Oldman
Pat Concount
West Coast
FORD
Krystowski
Are
West of
Wellington
Murray Fiver
Ralph Rowland
Rt. 162
New London
Rowland
First Baptist Church
Rowlands
John Payne
America
Schriver
John Klinect
Bill Barnard
Gary Fildes
Don Harris
Parlia
Jim Wilford
Russ Weston
Jon Spanski
Claremont Ave
Ashland
Jim Schaefer
Rtes
Belder
NEW Holland
LA Grange Tractor Sales
N. Center St
LOROX
Monsanto Company
Blanco Products Company
Kipton Elevator Ass’n
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