Steve Monroe
14 Collection Items
- Increased yields in corn harvests result in outdoor storage at elevators
Minnesota grain elevator owners deal with increased yields of corn at harvest time. Lack of farmer owned storage and drying results in outdoor storage at commercial elevator sites.
- Farmer weighs tradeoffs in corn harvest fuel use
MPR’s Steve Monroe interviews Jerry Perkins, a farmer near Worthington about the corn yield this year. Perkins discusses various harvesting challenges, including weather and where do you cut down on the use of fuel at the expense of crop loss in the field?
- State clergy suggest a night off from sports to allow kids to get active in churches
Representatives from the Minnesota High School League and the state's clergy met to discuss the possibility of setting aside one night a week - Wednesday - for church based youth activity. The clergy feels that given a choice, kids would choose basketball over catechism, and the state feels it would be difficult trying to put a stated day on the books, and would opt for locally based agreements between schools and churches.
- Clay county farmers discuss sugar beet crop and corn planting
Clay county farmers talk about when they need to get their crops in the ground. Production cut-backs are a strategy to increase prices, which is happening in Clay county. Beet growers need to increase revenue due to losses in wheat and barley. Red River Valley planting would be helped with a few weeks of sun. Second half of story has high frequency pitch.
- Winter storm lays waste to towers in southwestern Minnesota
MPR’s Steve Monroe reports on numerous towers toppled in southwestern Minnesota by winter storms, including the KRSW 700 ft broadcast tower. A combination of freezing rain and high winds were too much for numerous radio and TV towers in Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota.
- Charles Reinert on energy and agriculture
Charles P. Reinert, Ph.D. Dept. of Chemistry/Physics at Southwest Minnesota State College in Marshall, discusses agriculture and energy. Dr. Reinert was a member of the Governor's Energy Policy Task Force for the State of Minnesota.
- Minnesota blizzard damages much...including orchids
MPR’s Steve Monroe reports on blizzard’s aftermath in Worthington, Minnesota. This includes an interview with young entrepreneur Steve Erebus, who is dealing with damaged greenhouses that contained orchids.
- Organic farming promoted by the Minnesota Soil Association
The Minnesota Soil Association promotes low-energy/organic farming. Energy shortage may influence farmers to take organic farming more seriously.
- National farmers organization hopes to solidify collective bargaining to set prices
President of the South Dakota chapter of the National Organization of Farmers Delton Minder speaks about collective bargaining for farmers and necessity of said farmers being able to set prices on commodities.
- 1974 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud, a documentary
A documentary on the Southwestern Minnesota tour of ‘Minnesota Poetry Out Loud. The event is a week-long caravan of Minnesota poets operating out of Camden State Park, south of Marshall, giving formal and informal readings at the end of July 1974.
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