Varied Wheat Harvest In Lane County Amid Drought Warnings
Toby Wilson of Garden City Co op notes mixed harvest progress across Lane County with some fields finished and others just starting. Winter moisture shortages delayed germination into spring, causing uneven yields. Kansas drought warnings stretch across Hamilton Stanton Grant Stevens Morton counties with emergency farm loans expected after declaration.
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Toby Wilson
Garden City
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Hamilton
Stanton
Grant
Stevens
Morton
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Kearny
Finney
Haskell
Meade
Seward
Robert Dean
Farm Service Agency
Finney County
Dean
Harvest by the numbers in Kansas wheat yields and status
Regional yields per acre in multiple counties show wide variance from 8.19 to 8.30 per bushel with 15 to 80 bushels per acre. Finish rates range from 50 to 95 percent, and overall quality is mixed though test weights run 58 or 59 pounds. Kansas Wheat reports 88 percent ripe versus 94 last year. state conditions split among fair, good, and poor with most towns noting harvest progress and drought impact.
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Greg Fletcher
ADM Grain
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Garden City
Gaddis
Kansas Wheat
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas
Scientists back plan to boost Kansas early childhood care
Legislators and education leaders from several states push a science based approach to healthy child development. The package expands prenatal Medicaid, adds dental coverage for pregnant women, and funds an $11.1 million Early Childhood Block Grant from the Children’s Initiative Fund to boost at risk and underserved children. Critics warn prekindergarten alone won’t solve underlying issues like toxic stress and poverty, urging focus on prenatal care and stress reduction.
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Jack P Shonkoff
Neufeld
Kansas
Sebelius
Shonkoff
Nicole Corcoran
Perry
Cultural Awareness Session Aims to Educate Garden City
The Cultural Relations Board plans an educational session to raise awareness of Somali and Burmese cultures. The board, budgeting $2,250 in 2008, seeks to improve relations between Garden City and minority groups. City support covers advertising and refreshments. Refugees nearby include former Emporia workers from Tyson Foods.
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Stegman
Emporia
Tysol
Tyson’s
Holcomb
Immigration tuition break debate sparks Kansas lawmakers
Rep. Lance Kinzer opposes a tuition break for certain immigrants while Kansas Attorney General candidate Kris Kobach cites potential legal and inter-state challenges. Nationally, ten states including Kansas, California, Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Washington have such laws. Kobach predicts domino effects if one state’s law falls.
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Lance Kinzer
Kobach
Kansas Republican Party
Kansas
California
Illinois
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
Washington
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