This annual section reports on the statewide educational activities of your Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics. Interviews with administrators and specialists offer a picture of the accomplishments and changes of the past year and a glimpse of the future.

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Last fall, farmers voted in a new price-support program for corn with flexible price supports and unrestricted acreage. The companion program, the conservation reserve, assumes new importance and may help control acreage.

It still looks as if we're headed for hog price and production troubles in the next few years. If so, the time to think and plan is now-ahead of time. Here are some alternatives you may want to think about and discuss.

There is and has been a great deal of confusion about food marketing margins and as to who gets what share of the consumer food dollar. As a farm producer, for example, you may be irritated at receiving a low price when the price of the finished or processed product appears to remain high at the retail level. As a consumer, on the other hand, you may simply be irritated that retail food prices appear to be high. Or you may also wonder what farmers are complaining about with food prices the way they are.

A child's social behavior is an important part of his growth and development. As we gain insight into the ca use of behavior, it's possible to provide guidance for the child in his social relationships with others.