Kansas Livestock Association adopts broad tax and policy resolutions
At the Wichita convention the Kansas Livestock Association approved 77 resolutions shaping policy for livestock industry issues. Tops priorities include opposing reappraisal under current law without a protective solution, requiring personal property tax exemptions for livestock, funding highway projects via fuel taxes, and directing tax revenues to counties or the Highway Trust Fund. Additional items urge USDA support for beef carcass measurement, tighter grain warehouse oversight, targeted legal action in grain fraud, flexible grazing dates, brucellosis control changes, and strong funding for agriculture colleges and extension services. Finney County votes to elect a delegate to the state board meeting with three candidates listed.
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Wichita
Kansas
Highway Trust Fund
USDA
Finney County
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Douglas McGraw
Pierceville
Lee Reeve
Garden City
Dale J. Gillen
Angus Lane
Seed scare lifts barley and oats seed for spring plant
seed scarcity pushes early search for spring barley and oats varieties including Custer Otis Beecher and Summit yields show Custer 46.3 two year average under fallow and 64 under irrigation with Lud and Summit. oats Bates leads at 63.5 with several lower varieties. Plant windows Feb 20 to March 10 with latest date March 25, seeding rates given for irrigation and dryland. Cattle lice and grubs linked to weather and timing. systemic insecticides risky in fall but not ignoring lice control. many carriers exist and rubbing behavior spreads lice through herds.
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Lice Treatment Urged For Cattle In Winter
Cattle producers should treat cattle on sunny winter days using a non systemic lice killer after checking the label for safety. If the product warns against use due to grub issues that warning must be followed, ensuring proper timing and safety.
Horse specialist added to Extension staff
Pete Gibbs 27, from a Texas horse family, becomes extension horse specialist at Kansas State University. He will spend 80 percent of his time on extension work and 20 percent on horse nutrition research and teaching. Gibbs holds a Texas A&M degree series including a PhD in horse nutrition and digestion.
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Pete Gibbs
Texas
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
Fred_ Sobering
K-State
Gibbs
Appaloosa Horse Club
Texas A&m
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Don Good
Department of Animal Sciences and Industry
KSU
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Kansas promotes exports and honors federal award
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture boosts farm product exports with the Presidential E Award for Exporting Service presented to Harland Priddle by John Black in Kansas City. The board touts services like foreign trade shows and overseas missions, noting Kansas ranked fifth in 1980 and sixth in 1981 with over 2.344 billion dollars in exports. In Finney County, a district court notices hearing for the estate of Lillian B Williams, deceased, with Executrix Mary Jo Williams seeking settlement, final wishes, and discharge.
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Topeka
Kansans
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
John Black
Kansas City
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Agriculture
Harland Priddle
Black
James D. Cook
Department of Commerce
Board of Agriculture
U.S
Garden City Telegram
District Court
Finney County
Lillian B Williams
State OF Kansas
Mary Jo Williams
Lillian B. Williams
Garden City
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