Lawn Garden Week Take a Tree to Lunch
March 2026 marks National Lawn and Garden Week highlighting trees shrubs flowers and lawns and their role in a quality environment. The piece notes a trend to return to nature with home fruit orchards and Victory Garden era gardens and an indoors plant boom across ages. It emphasizes the joy and physical activity of gardening and common desire to surround oneself with nature.
In-Depth Study Charts '80s Market Shifts for California
Richard Johns en Jr outlines a coming decade in which a rising U S population, higher disposable income, and shifts in consumer taste push agricultural marketing toward coordinated systems. Dr Moulton warns open markets will shrink, urging farmers to evaluate cooperatives or long term contracts with processors to ensure stable prices and reliable product flows. The piece also highlights environmental concerns and the broader value of beautification efforts like lawns and urban greenery as part of quality of life and community well being.
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Richard Johnsen, JR
Agricultural Council of California
California Agricultural
Kirby S. Moulton
University of California
California Cooperative Marketing Associations
U.S
Moulton
California
Mother Earth
Broad rewrite sought for farm support programs
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz told the House Agriculture Committee the administration backs a broader rewrite of farm support and surplus control. Nixon wants a bill keeping acreage retirement payments for grains and cotton while phasing out income supplements, potentially cutting outlays by half or more in some years. Butz urged flexible pricing for milk and wool, and noted peanuts rice long-staple cotton tobacco may need renewed scrutiny as part of a future farm act.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Congress
Butz
House Agriculture Committee
Dairy Day at UC Davis March 30 1973 Highlights
March 30 Dairy Day at University of California Davis covers cattle fertility milking management and nutrition. Dr P T Capps reports on findings re low grade infections affecting fertility. Topics include feed encapsulation feed efficiency and DRARS with registrations starting 8 30 a.m. in Chemistry Building Room 194. $1 fee.
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Davis
University of California
P.T. Capps
Department of Animal Science
R.O. Leonard
Monterey County
New Zealand
Donald Morelli
Stanislaus ‘County
R.L. Baldwin
Animal Science Department
UCD
N.E. Smith
Cornell University
California Dairy Record Analysis and Research Service
DRARS
R.S. Laben
Chemistry
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