Kansas farmers plant more winter wheat acres in 1 year
Kansas farmers raise winter wheat plantings by 1 percent to 9.9 million acres per USDA data. After snow melt, growers fear heavy freeze damage in December will limit harvest, with experts noting Kansas remains the nation’s largest wheat producer and field conditions will determine output.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Dean Stoskopf
Hoisington
Brett Myers
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas Wheat Dominates State Crop Report As Plentiful Stocks Dwindle
The latest Kansas crop numbers show 9.9 million acres planted to wheat for 2001, 89 percent of grain stocks held in elevators are wheat, and Kansas ranks first in sorghum production while soybeans and hay fall from prior highs. Nationally, wheat stocks are tight and acreage dropped, with farmers urged to price 2001 wheat amid higher July futures. Dry conditions slowed fall planting across the state.
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Kansas
Myers
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ed Banning
Garden City
Kansas Wheat Commission
USDA
Kansas City Board of Trade
William Tierney, Jr
Kansas State University
Tierney
Banning
Payment center to face review in Kansas child support case
Kansas legislators schedule a joint House Senate hearing January 22 with Janet Schalansky to question whether the Kansas Payment Center in Topeka and private contractor Tier Technologies are processing child support checks correctly. Schalansky says 2 to 3 percent of payments bypass routine processing, while critics call the system botched amid a 300,000 monthly payment load and backlogs.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Janet Schalansky
John Wratil
Schalansky
Tier Technologies Inc
Vratil
R-Leawood
Jim Garner
SRS
Garner
Senate Natural Resources Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Consumer advocate questions oversight of natural gas contracts
Kansas watchdog criticizes the Kansas Corporation Commission for lax review of natural gas contracts and purchasing practices. Consumer counsel cites doubled heating bills, weather factors, and urges exams of contract bidding and commodity alternatives while regulators defend monthly cost reviews and portfolio consideration.
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Consumer Advocate
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Commission
Walker Hendrix
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board
Senate Utilities Committee
Kansans
Hendrix
KCC
Rosemary Foreman
Foreman
ECC
Garden City Hot Categories Revealed by TOMA Survey
The Garden City TOMA survey identifies open and mature markets to show where firms can dominate by being first in consumers’ minds. It lists dozens of categories with rankings for Garden City Telegram Advertising Dept readers, highlighting opportunities to enter hot markets.
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Garden City
T.O.M.A
T.O.M.A.” Research
Garden City Telegram
T.O.M
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Garden City Community College
Marla Lord
GCCC
Campus Drive
Garden Valley
Medicare
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