Farm loans tighten asFed rate hikes threaten yields
American farmers enjoy a strong year yet face pricier bank loans after Federal Reserve rate increases. Higher borrowing costs may curb planting and cattle expansion, potentially lifting grocery prices. Bankers report tightened lending and reluctance to finance consumer purchases to keep farmers in business.
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Houston
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Marvin Duncan
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Thomas Bealle
National Cattlemen's Association
Bealle
James R. Eatherly
First National Bank of
Tonkawa, Okla
Transportation squeeze clouds strong farm harvests
Washington reports say crop yields and export demand are high but moving record grain volumes faces bottlenecks from railroad labor strikes railcar shortages and port jams. Officials warn inland rails will be stretched as Duluth Superior and Rock Island strikes cut export capacity by over 15 percent, testing the system.
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Washington
U.S
Bob Bergland
John Junior Armstrong
The
Kansas Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
Woody Thompson
Association of American Railroads
Ron Schrader
USDA
Schrader
Duluth Superior
Rock Island
Reunion Gift Mirrors War Era Memory in Ohio
Dale Webert of Des Moines received a 25 pound package at a Springfield Ohio reunion that reminded him of his wartime pig nickname Oink. An erosion inventory is underway in Lorain County as part of a nationwide land use monitoring program, requiring on site evaluations.
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Dale Webert
Des Moines
Iowa
Springfield
Ohio
Lorain County
Soil Conservation Survey to Assess Erosion in Lorain County
A Soil Conservation Service technician will inspect 206 random sample units across Lorain County farms to assess soil type, land use, slope, and erosion in order to guide district priorities. A nine lesson course on farm income tax management by the Lorain Extension Service starts mid November, with weekly mailings and a five dollar fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Norman Widman
SCS
Lorain County
Widman
Board of Supervisors
Lorain
Lorain County Cooperative Extension Service
Ohio State University
Laura Wallace
Rabbit School Set for Wooster by Ohio Center
All area rabbit producers are invited to attend the Ohio Rabbit School on Saturday at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. The Fisher Auditorium hosts registrations at 9 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Agricultural Center Poultry Science Department and the Cooperative Extension Service of Ohio State University.
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Ohio Rabbit
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
Fisher Auditorium
Registra
The
Ohio Agricultre Research and Development Center Poultry Science Department and
Cooperative Extension Service of
Ohio State University
Red River Valley trip recalls homely North Dakota farming life
A traveler explains how the Red River Valley's flat open skies disappoint a romantic view, then chronicles harvest bustle in Grand Forks North Dakota. Sunflowers rise as a new crop, with growing demand for their oil. The visit captures farm life, sunflower fields, and local character amid early winter cold.
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Red River Valley
Mecca
French Alps
Joyce Knudson
Red River
Grand Forks
United States
Hudson Bay
North Dakota
Knudson
Joyce
Glenn Knudson
Fine feathered friends bite-sized feathers tallied
National Geographic notes a scientist counted feathers on species from a Cuban hummingbird with 940 to a swan with 25 216. The robin 2 587 mourning dove 2 635 glaucous winged gull 6 540 Plymouth Rock chicken 4 325 mallard 11 903.
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National Geographic
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Christian Science Monitor
W.E. Hamilton
American Farm Bureau Federation
By Dave Bartel
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Moet i Ree
LaGrange
Dale Wise
LaGrange Road
Wise
Jona RenDey
Soil Conservation Office
Gohn Wree Sale & Servstar
Kipton Elevator Ass'n
KPTOM
Odoinn
Tion
Pole Suileing
South
Otia
Pat Leimbach
Jim Schaeffer Garage
Belden
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