Soviet agriculture plagued by drought and inefficiency
Moscow reports that 1975 grain shortages threaten the Soviet Union as drought, inefficient management, labor and machinery shortages, and poor storage hit harvests. The regime pushed modernization since 1965, yet farm output rose slowly while investment doubled. Western experts point to central planning, low incentives, and labor shifts, with private plots producing far more per acre.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Fyodor Kulakov
Communist Party
U.S
United States
America
Jevestia
Selskaya Zhizn
Agr Dept economists urge co ops to form giant grain export system
Four Agriculture Department economists urge U S agricultural cooperatives to pool resources and form regional alliances to challenge five multinational grain giants that control most exports. The piece notes Farm Mar Co of Hutchinson Kansas plans a major announcement that could reshape grain marketing and co op strategy.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmers Cooperatives’ Magazine
Farm-Mar-Co
Hutchinson
Kan
Soviet Union
James Haskell
Michael Phillips
Stanley Thurston
David Volkin
Farmer Cooperative Service
U.S
The Year Shifts From Summer To Autumn In A Farm Kitchen
The narrator traces the shift from summer abundance to autumn routines. Peaches and tomatoes ripen while potato harvests are prepared, and corn and beans signal seasonal change. School prep, new clothes, and football dreams mingle with laundry lines and fading summer, as responsibilities grow and kids mature.
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Orrin
Area growers to speak at Midwest Greenhouse Conference
Two area growers will be featured speakers at the Midwest Greenhouse Vegetable Conference from September 7 to 10 at the Marriott Inn in Cleveland located at West 150th Street and I-71. Tom Wolfe of Sheffield, president of Greenhouse Vegetable Packing Co., will lead the educational session on Tuesday. Marilou Hiltabiddle of Sheffield will present We're More Than Just The Other Half at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday. Pat Leimbach of The Chronicle-Telegram's Country Wife will discuss farm life humor at the ladies luncheon tomorrow. Other speakers include John Zwinkles of Holland on Eastern Europeans Glasshouse Industry, Arthur Loughton of Canada on European cucumbers, and Dr. Ray Sheldrake of Cornell on Possible Replacement Of Greenhouse Tomatoes.
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Mariott Inn
West 150Th St
I- 71
Cleveland
Tom Wolfe
Sheffield
Greenhouse Vegetable Packing Co
Marilou Hiltabiddle
Chronicle-Telegram
Pat Leimbach
John Zwinkles
Holland
Arthur Loughton
Canada
Ray Sheldrake
Cornell University
Researchers cut egg laying time at West Virginia University
Poultry researchers at the West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station report a 4.8 percent reduction in the egg laying interval for specially bred White Leghorn hens. Across eight years and seven generations, the best hens reduced laying time from 25.6 to 24.4 hours, with egg weights dropping about 5 percent. Normal hens average 27 hours between eggs. The team used no chemicals or special diets.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Marvin R. McClung
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Big
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Lansing
Mich
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Ag. Dept
Leyland Tractors
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Belden
Lagrange Tractor Sales
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Martin- Sena
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