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Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

2 From the Vice Chancellor

3 Behind the Branches

5 Loneliness

7 Sprayer Kills Weed Escapes and Recovers Your Herbicide

9 4-H Camps Serve Thousands

10 Enterprise Budgets Easier with AGNET's CROPBUDGET

12 Holiday Plants

15 Child Abusers: Myths and Realities

17 Tan Spot: NewBlight Threatens Wheat Growers

19 Composting Converts Waste Into Valuable Resources

22 Foundation Seed Division-Seeds' Genetic Purity Ensured

Report On Kellogg Rural Adjustment Unit (Krau) Conference, Peter Eckersley

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The aim was for the 170 attenders to define how much productivity increases could help farmers in the main rural industries, and what size increases are likely in the foreseeable future (especially the next 5 years recommend feasible Government and industry action to stimulate increases in farm productivity.

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

A Message from the Vice Chancellor................ 2

Needling Makes Beef More Tender .......................... 3

Detecting Herbicide Carryover in Soil ........................ 4

Roadside Marketing........................... 6

Many Uses Found for Geologic Maps ........................ 8

Nebraska Moves Ahead .................................... 10

Resistant Alfalfa Varieties Sought by Researchers ................................ 12

Kids Having Kids ................................... 14

Psuedorabies Virus Causes Producers Severe Losses ........................... 16

Corn or Grain Sorghum? ................................... 19

Don't Fool-Cooperate with Mother Nature ........................ 21

Sulfur Can Boost Corn Yields on Sandy Soils ........................... 23

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

A Message from the Vice Chancellor ......................... 2

International 4-H Youth Exchange ............................ 3

When Sudden Infant Death Strikes ........................... 4

Have You Been Duped? .................................... 6

Rain or Drought-Your Guess or Mine? ....................... 8

Becoming the Me I'd Like to. Be .............................. 10

TLC for Your Plants ........................................ 12

AgriScope ................................................. 15

Wheat Leaf Rust Attacks Crap Yields .......................... 16

Small Beef Packers Undergo. Changes ......................... 18

Energy Impacts on Nebraska Agriculture ...................... 20

Irrigation Scheduling Saves Time and Money .................. 22

Ec77-868 Grain Pricing Alternatives, Lynn Lutgen

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

Grain marketing decisions during the 1950's and 60's were not as critical as in the past few years. During the 50's and 60's grain producers faced stable prices resulting from government production controls with prices fluctuating over the year perhaps 15 cents to 25 cents per bushel. As a result, producer marketing decisions had very little influence on revenue obtained by the firm. With more international involvements, producers have gone from an era of stable prices and large government surpluses to an era of unstable, widely fluctuating, and now declining prices for most major grains. The producer has two basic …

Last Resort Loans For Farmers, J Ripley

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Several sources of finance are available to help fsrmers survive through a crisis.

One source of last resort is Rural Adjustment Authority.

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue: 2 A Message from the Vice Chancellor

3 Research Returns Tip the Scales

5 Herbicides-Broadcast or Band?

7 Ag Students: The Changing Profile

8 Infant Diets Studied with Mothers' Help

10 Machinery Trading and Taxes

12 Trees for Profit

14 "Dairy Store" Serves Students, Staff and Stomachs

16 Irradiation Holds Potential for Nebraska 1

8 Back to the Farm

20 Fire at Pine Ridge

23 Farmers Keep Tabs on Energy

Economics Of Vine Growing, K R. Rutter

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Heavy demands are made on capital and labour recources throughout the five year dvelopment phase of a vineyard.

Labour and capital requirements vary considerably, but the following gives a look at one example of the costs involved.