Lawn and garden tips and upcoming farm workshops
Practical lawn care advice covers mowing heights for bluegrass and fescue, fertilizing with slow release nitrogen, weed spot treatments, mower maintenance, and watering cautions. It also lists pruning guidelines, mulching, tree and shrub care, and a note on avoiding lawn damage from mowers. A Kansas State extension tractor safety training is described with venue, date, fee, and registration details.
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Finney, Scott, Kearny
Wichita
Charlie Griffin
Kansas State University
Griffin
Charlotte Shoup Olsen
Jerry Jost
Kansas Rural Center
Stone earns second in NCGA Corn Yield Contest
Finney County farmer Greg Stone placed second in the irrigated division of the 2003 NCGA Corn Yield Contest in Kansas. His Pioneer 32R43 hybrid yielded 275.05 bushels per acre and includes YieldGard Corn Borer resistance. Stone planted April 26, 2003, using a John Deere 1770 16 row planter at 34 000 seeds per acre and 300 inch rows. NCGA awarded 538 state and national titles this year across more than 93 Pioneer hybrids.
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Finney County
Greg Stone
National Corn Grower's Association
NCGA
Kansas
Stone
D Arrigo ordered to reimburse farm workers travel time
A federal judge ruled that D Arrigo Brothers Co must reimburse laborers for thousands of hours spent traveling in company vans to fields. The Salinas based producer could owe $13 million or more to over 3,000 workers, with exact totals to be set after April 5 data submissions.
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San Jose
Calif
California
D’arrigo Brothers Co
Jeremy Fogel
Fogel
D’arrigo
Salinas
Salinas Valley
Andy Boy
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County Agriculture
Tered
Extension Service
Lakin
Lakin High School
Olsen
Ford County Extension Office
Gunsmoke St
Dodge City
The
Risk Management Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
K-State Research and Extension
Kansas Rural Family Helpline
Kansas Farmers Union
Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services
Kansas Center For Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Farm Management Association
National Farmers Organization
Corn Grower’s Award
Strauss
D’ Arrigo
John Snell
Alejandro Garcia
Mexico
Ishwasher
Frigidaire Electric
Lane Leen
Masonic High
Ene
Drean
Hudson
ToKoh
Lane’ ‘Home Furnishings
Cornee & Furniture Mart
W. Frontview
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