Insurance costs surge as Kansas elevators seek cover
Kansas farmers and grain elevators face a crisis as all but one of ten insurers pulled from the state and premiums rise 40 to 200 percent. Industry leaders cite volatile profits, underwriting losses, and regional terrorism fears, while lawmakers seek exemptions on ammonia theft liability to reassure providers. Elevator manager Charles Swayze recalls a 1940s-era policy, finally renewed after months of search, with annual premiums near 150000.
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Wichita
Kansas
Midwest
Tom Tunnel
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Tunnell
Matt All
Kathleen Sebelius
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Charles Swayze
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Morning watering helps foil brown patch in tall fescue lawns
The article explains brown patch disease flourishes with warm nights and leaf dew on tall fescue. It cannot be eliminated from soil, but cultural practices like morning irrigation, avoiding over fertilization, and careful seeding can reduce infection, while fungicides offer prevention rather than cure. Beneficial ladybird beetles prey on other insects and do not damage plants.
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Ned Tisserat
Kansas State University Extension
Chronic wasting disease found in New Mexico first case
A mule deer in New Mexico tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first known case in the state and the southernmost discovery to date. Officials closed borders to deer and elk imports, declaring an animal health emergency while noting the disease is fatal to deer and elk but not a human threat. The case follows regional spread linked to game farm shipping, with earlier detections in Colorado, Wyoming, and several other states.
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N.M
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Jefferson County
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Denver
Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory
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Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
South Dakota
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