Submitted by: agcomm,  Wed Dec 31 10:25:49 1997


                      News and Information
                       December 31, 1997
                                
1998 Planning Price Projections Available For Farmers. . . . . .2 
Computer Technology, Soil Surveys Combined in 
Groundwater Protection Effort  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 
Organic Grower Meetings Set for January and February . . . . . .5 
Lake Region Extension Roundup Set For Jan. 7-8 . . . . . . . . .6 
Dakota Data #198: Juvenile Violent Death . . . . . . . . . . . .7 
Prairie Fare: Thoughts on Old Mother Hubbard, and Bread. . . . .8 
Plains Folk:  A North Dakotan If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 
Parent Line:  Teaching in Small Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 
Hortiscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 
The Market Advisor: Field Pea Prices 
Down From Year Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19