Wheat outlook improves as high prices cushion poor yields
Kansas wheat farmers faced variable yields with Overley and Jagalene faring better while districts report test weights near 60 pounds per bushel. Southwest Kansas totals reach 33.8 million bushels, statewide output 300.8 million, amid June rains and higher season prices supporting next year planting plans.
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Peterson
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Southwest
Kansas
Bret Crofts
Schwieterman Marketing
State of
Crofus
Northwest
Crofts
Agriculture Department
Ehmke
Statistics Service
Red Cross seeks blood donors in Central Plains region
The American Red Cross aims for a three day supply, needing 500 blood units daily for Kansas and northern Oklahoma. O negative, A negative, and B negative are rationed in some areas while O positive and O negative remain crucial. A Battle of the Badges drive in Garden City encourages donations from fire, EMS, and police staff.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Dixon
Kansas
Oklahoma
Finney County
Central Plains
Garden City Fire Department
Emergency Medical Services
Garden City Police Department
Debra Kaye Eckels
Garden City Blood Center
Fire Department
EMS
Eckels
Garden City
Redcross.org
Tyson Denies Wrongdoing in High Profile Wage Case
In Inc v Alvarez the Supreme Court held workers must be paid for time spent changing clothes and walking to work stations. George Hanson, attorney for Holcomb facility employees, cites this as supporting plaintiffs. Tyson resolved a wage dispute in the late 1990s with the Labor Department, agreeing to pay for four minutes of pre and post work activity.
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Tyson
U.S. Department of Labor
Voting access tightens statewide before August primary
Officials describe a realignment reducing polling sites from about 2,400 in 2000 to just under 2,000 this year. Reasons include poll worker shortages, accessibility requirements, security in schools, and federal funding limits. Sedgwick County shrank from 208 to 62 sites, while Ellis County cuts are even deeper as voters prepare for the August 1 primary.
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Thornburgh
Sedgwick
Coun
Klaus
County Commission
Labette County
Linda Schreppel
GCCC Budget Talks Include Staff Raises and 85 Percent Midpoint
Ballantyne aims to keep a 3 percent staff raise while maintaining 85 percent of the national midpoint for compensation. The board approved a two year contract for Ballantyne with total pay of 113 798.55 including a 1 200 car allowance. Faculty will gain 3 percent plus 1.34 percent in other pay. The budget anticipates a 490 000 rise in the personnel budget and 60 000 more for natural gas next year amid a pending oil and gas industry class action. A retreat July 22 and a budget hearing August 9 will cover further details.
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Ballantyne
GCCC
Bill Clifford
Kansas
Finney County
Dee Wigner
Beth Tedrow
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