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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@nuteknet.com>
  • To: permanet@sunsite.unc.edu
  • Subject: Sustainable Farming Horizons -- Home
  • Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:21:44 -0500

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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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Title: Sustainable Farming Horizons -- Home
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Today's Good News: Comments to USDA Favor Livestock Limits 78% say limit the size of farms eligible for EQIP funds, according to a survey by the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture.
And Today's Bad News: Pork 'Spy' Funds Questioned
NewAlternative Agriculture News March edition from the Henry A. Wallace Institute. President's 1998 budget maintains sustainable ag funding, and other news.
NewThoughts On Economic 'Inevitability' by Gene Logsdon. Are you growing 300-bushel corn? That's not the only bad prediction ag economists have made.
NewThompson On-Farm Research, 1996 Report A summary from this pioneering Iowa family.
NewBuild A Freeze-Resistant Stock Tank Low-cost way to keep water flowing in winter.
NewGear Up For Grazing How N.Y. graziers profit more from pastures.
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