Garden City quartet wins GA 4x800 relay at state meet
Garden City High School athletes Mitch Hunter Eric Creeden Cameron Reith and Zach Schultz secure the GA 4x800 meter relay title at the State Track Meet in Wichita in a strong team performance. Photo credit Jan Greathouse.
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Japan lifts ban on U S beef pending plant inspections
Japan agreed to resume U S beef imports only after on site checks of slaughterhouses to address mad cow disease fears. The move opens a major export market for U S ranchers while U S officials welcome the conditional deal as inspections begin.
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Kansas critic links science standards to religion at Bible church
John Calvert, managing director of Intelligent Design Network in Kansas, addressed about 30 people at Bible Christian Church to rebut charges that new Kansas science standards attack beliefs on evolution. He criticized the standards adopted in November by the State Board of Education, which added the words informed and to declare science as a tool for informed decisions and redefined evolution as unguided and random.
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Custom crews hasten harvest amid drought in Kansas fields
Drought cutting time in fields as Holly Miller of Pierre South Dakota reports the fastest harvest she has participated in. Miller aims to finish in Kearny County by sunset and reach Colorado by Friday. Kansas has 65 percent of wheat harvested versus 18 percent last year. prices at area grain elevators range from 4.35 to 4.39 per bushel. Higher prices help growers though wheat remains thin and scarce. Miller notes combines move quickly through lighter wheat, unless ground is cut too close. See Ag Page AS.
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Kansas State University
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Hine
Kearny County
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Miller
Bill Bennett
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
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Kass
Garten
Harvest forecast shows gains in north-central Kansas
In Saline and nearby counties a better wheat harvest lifts hopes as north-central Kansas yields about 3 percent above last year while statewide output falls 23 percent. Rudy Redden reports averages around 40 to 50 bushels per acre with one 85 bushel acrefield.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Saline County
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Redden
Carl Garten
County Grain Rates By Districts
Lane County shows 4.36 per bushel with 18 to 28 bushels per acre in poor condition at 70 percent finished. Hamilton County lists 4.35 per bushel with 15 to 20 bushels per acre in fair condition at 60 percent finished. Kearny County offers 4.35 per bushel with 16 to 25 bushels per acre in fair condition at 75 percent finished. Grant County reports 4.38 per bushel with 15 to 25 bushels per acre.
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Grant County
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