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Business In Nebraska # 268 - January 1967, James Allcot, E. L. Burgess, Dorothy Switzer

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The Future of the Plains (James Allcott)

The logical starting point for a regional analysis of this kind is with population, because people are both the basic ingredient and the object of economic growth. The six states selected for this study - Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas - have grown. and will continue to grow, less rapidly than the rest of the nation. A significant point to note. however, is that the rate of growth is increasing. while the rate of growth for the nation as a whole is not. During the 1950's, they grew at about 0.6 …

Business In Nebraska # 273 - June 1967, E. S. Wallace, E. L. Burgess

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Agriculture Income in Nebraska (E. S. Wallace)

In the article in the February issue of Business in Nebraska, dealing with the findings of the latest Census of Agriculture, brief mention was made of the remarkable achievement of the state's agricultural establishment of the state's agricultural establishment in increasing income production in recent years. This article will attempt the further analysis of agricultural income promised at the time.

Business Summary (E. L. Burgess)

Dollar volume of business in Nebraska in March was up only 0.3% from a year ago. The U.S. dollar volume increased 4.2% from March, 1966. Physical volume increased …

Business In Nebraska # 272 - May 1967, Dorothy Switzer, E. L. Burgess

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Nebraska Rural Labor Force Replacement (Dorothy Switzer)

Nebraska has the lowest rural labor replacement ration of any state in the nation, according to figures recently made available on the potential supply and replacement of rural males of labor force age for the decade 1960-70. Nebraska's low ration, 137, means that if there were no net migration to or from the rural population in the decade, and if the number of job openings were to remain approximately the same as in 1960, about 73 percent of the young men reaching working age would find economic opportunities by replacing older men in …

Business In Nebraska # 275 - August 1967, Dorothy Switzer, E. L. Burgess

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Survey Reveals Growth in Exports of Nebraska Manufactured Products (Dorothy Switzer)

Not only is the voice of the Nebraska industrialist who, if not precisely hawking his wares in foreign market places, is assuredly making himself heard in distant cities where he energetically pursues new outlets for his products.

Business Summary (E. L. Burgess)

May's dollar volume of business in Nebraska increased 3.8% from May, 1966 and 5.6% from April, 1967. The U.S. dollar volume increased 6.7% from May, 1966 Nebraska's physical volume of business increased 4.9% and the U.S. increased 5.0%. From april, 1967 the physical volume in Nebraska increased …

Business In Nebraska #277 - October 1967, Dorothy Switzer, E. L. Burgess

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Multiple Sources of Assistance are Available to Exporters (Dorothy Switzer)

When Nebraska manufacturers seek to protect or expand their stake in the world market, they need both expert advise and experienced assistance in handling the multiple negotiations involved in doing business overseas. Although many exporters are finding it advantageous to employ trade specialists, they also continue to place considerable reliance on their home state financial institutions. both directly and through their connections at the point of export. Nebraska banks are able to expedite foreign financial transactions and to provide other essential services such as letters of introduction to foreign businessmen …

Business In Nebraska # 275 - September 1967, Howard W. Ottoson, Glen J. Vollmar, E. L. Burgess, Dorothy Switzer

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Nebraska's Changing Farms (Howard W. Ottoson and Glen J. Vollmar)

Farm production is a major contributor to Nebraska's economy. Cash receipts from sales by producers of crop, livestock, and poultry products averaged 1,365 million dollars per year for the five year period 1962-1966. Nebraska farmers had average expenses of 1,167 million dollars a year during the same period for fuel, seeds, fertilizer, interest, taxes, and other production expenses. The investment in land, buildings, machinery, and irrigation systems is also sizeable. The 1964 Census of Agriculture reports the value of land and buildings on large farms in the state at $5.2 …

Business In Nebraska # 278 - November 1967, James W. Monroe, E. L. Burgess, E. S. Wallace

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The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (James W. Monroe)

After 100 years of growth and prosperity based firmly upon a nearly self-sufficient agricultural economy, why has Nebraska seen fit to depart from its rural image and increase its efforts in the highly competitive business of attracting industry?

Business Summary (E. L. Burgess)

August's dollar volume of business in Nebraska increased 3.3% from August, 1966 and the physical volume increased 2.7%. The U.S. dollar volume rose 5.3% from August, 1966. The U.S. construction activity index increased over year-ago levels for the first time since May, 1966. Nebraska's construction index, having last …

Business In Nebraska # 269 - February 1967, E. S. Wallace, E. L. Burgess, Dorothy Switzer

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Agriculture in Nebraska (E. S. Wallace)

In the decade from 1954 to 1964 in Nebraska the number of farms dropped more than a fifth and their average size grew by more than a fourth; the total value of farm land and buildings and the value per acre rose by more than 50%, and the value per farm by more than 90%; irrigated acreage increased 85%; the value of farm products sold rose more than 50%, the average sales per farm nearly doubled, and the importance of livestock relative to crops in farm income continued to increase; the exodus from the …

Business In Nebraska # 270 - March 1967, Dorothy Switzer, E. L. Burgess

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Nebraska's Agricultural Exports (Dorothy Switzer)

Importance of Nebraska as the 9th ranking state in the nation and 4th in the top-ranking region, the West North Central, in value of agricultural commodity shipments in fiscal 1965-66 has been revealed in a new study by the Economic Research Service of the I.S. Department of Agriculture. Because Nebraska is one of the ten leading states in farm exports in this country, which is in turn the world's largest exporter of such commodities, explicit world market information pertaining to the state has long been sought. The significance of such information is considerable both to …

Business In Nebraska # 274 - July 1967, Edward L. Hauswald, E. L. Burgess

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The Distribution of Personal Income in Nebraska (Edward L. Hauswald)

Personal Income received in the Nebraska economy rose from $3.8 billion in 1965 to 4.1 billion in 1966, for a 7.0 percent increase (see Table I and Figure 1). In the National economy the increase was 8.2 percent; in the Plains economy, 7.5 percent. The results: (1) The upward movement of PI in Nebraska in 1965 from 1964, which had been greater than that in the Nation but slightly under that in the Plains, was not sustained; hence, Nebraska's share of both the National and Plain's PI flow dropped after …

Business In Nebraska # 279 - December 1967, James W. Monroe, E. L. Burgess, Dorothy Switzer

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Nebraska's Industrial Research and Information Service (James W. Monroe)

The Industrial Revolution has moved into the Era of Research, say many experts, as the industrialists of the world look for new products, new and more efficient ways of producing the goods which they have been producing, and other technical data necessary to make their companies more effective in today's highly competitive market. Technologies uncovered by this research are often the basis for the growth and expansion of existing industries and the establishment of new manufacturing plants and other industrial facilities.

Business Summary (E. L. Burgess)

September's dollar volume of business …