Quakes, Hope, and Old Houses Near New Madrid
A traveler recalls Hannibal and Quincy visits amid New Madrid quake fears. Residents discuss insurance, emergency plans, and closures as communities brace for possible December activity while preserving historic towns and hospitality.
Backlog of hard luck cases boosts FmHA foreclosures
Washington AP reports that the Farmers Home Administration faces a rising foreclosure tide from a backlog of hard luck cases. In fiscal 1990 the agency reported 31,925 borrowers behind on payments, with total farm loans about $24 billion among 210,458 active borrowers. Foreclosure actions rose as accelerated letters and cases referred to USDA lawyers increased, while the agency wrote off nearly $8.8 billion in overdue debts under the 1987 act.
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Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
USDA
Alabama
Georgia
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Agricultural Credit Act
Last farm hangs on in New York
John Klein tends two acres in Fresh Meadows Queens as the last family farm in the area. The stand on 195th Street and 73rd Avenue draws locals for beets cucumbers tomatoes and fruit. Klein describes the farm as a tradition and a living, noting neighboring Riverhead 100 acres supplies produce daily. He refuses to sell, preferring to keep farming or replace the land with a pool.
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John Klein
Barbara
New York City
Fresh Meadows
Queens
Florida
Clearview
Klein
Riverhead
Long Island
195Th Street
73Rd Avenue
Adam
Margaret
Stella
Queensland
Mets
Archie Bunker
Boroughs
Lower Manhattan
Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village
Bleecker Farm
Little Italy
Harlem
Works Progress Administration
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Bronx
World crops lift rivals and trim U S grain exports
An Agriculture Department report says bumper crops abroad reduce demand for U S wheat, coarse grains, and rice next year while the 1990-91 world wheat output rises a record 11 percent. Domestic net cash income for farmers this year is projected near a record, and U S farm exports for 1990 total about 40.2 billion dollars.
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Agriculture Department
U.S
Department’s Economic Research Service
Killer wasps used in war against crop pests
Houston based report on mercenary killer wasps deployed to protect cabbage, broccoli and other vegetables from pests. The venomless insects attack diamondback moth larvae, lay eggs inside them, and reduce crop damage without chemical pesticides. Researchers from USDA note significant damage reductions with wasp releases. The wasps were developed in a USDA lab in Washington and commercially bred in Linton, near Corpus Christi.
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Rio Grande Valley
K. Duane Biever
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Biever
USDA
Washington
Linton
Corpus Christi
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