Junior livestock show winners announced in Kansas
The 74th Kansas Junior Livestock Show drew 673 4-H and FFA members from 86 counties, with 1 256 head of livestock exhibited in Wichita from Sept 22–25. Local participants Garden City through Satanta and Holcomb posted numerous class placements including champions in crossbred, Hampshire, and Charolais divisions.
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Kansas
Garden City
Alex Frey Arana
Hampshire Market Barrow
Duroc Market Barrow
Alyson Arana
Katie Deal
Rebecca Hands
Alyssa Heitschmidt
Ewe Lamb Wether Dam
Wether
Suffolk Market Lamb
James Heitschmidt
Kayla Lee
Maine-Anjou
Market Lamb
AOB
Jonathan Lock
Market Barrow
California Farmers Grow Golden Kiwi To Boost Yields
California, already a kiwi producer, plans to expand with a golden flesh variety marketed for smooth exterior and nutrient-rich organic quality. Bruce Myers says the fruit is nutritious and largely pest free. Tulare County deputy ag commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita notes a 23 million dollar California crop this year, up from 18 million in 2002.
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Fresno
Calif
Golden State
New Zealand
California
Bruce Myers
Strathmore
Italy
China
Marilyn Kinoshita
Tulare County
Kinoshita
Wasps used in Louisiana to fight hibiscus mealybugs
In Metairie horticulturists release hundreds of parasitic wasps from hibiscus plants to curb pink hibiscus mealybugs that threaten citrus and other crops. The wasps puncture the bug and lay eggs, with larvae consuming the pest, a safe, nonstinging solution being tested across Jefferson Parish amid signs of infestation.
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Metairie, la
Jefferson Parish
Metairie
Kenner
Marrero
California
Florida
Puerto Rico
Odom
Jan Gourgues
Gourgues
Hutchison resists permanent relief fund for Texas farmers
U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison told Plains Cotton Growers members in Lubbock that relief for drought and wildfire aftermath should be available but she stopped short of backing a permanent disaster fund. Spokesman Roger Hardenby urged moving away from ad hoc aid while Hutchison backs extending the current farm bill through 2007.
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Lubbock, Texas
U.S
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Hutchison
Plains Cotton Growers
Roger Hardenby
Hardenby
House
Senate
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Randal Long
Shannon McNeill
Kashly Schweer
Leslie Schneer
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Kendal Clawson
Kurtis Clawson
Kyla Clawson
Holcomb
Elizabeth Sharp
Spotted Market Barrow
Travis Sharp
Nic Stegman
Paige Wallace
Trisha Wallace
Western State Bank
Kansas Ave
Garden City, KS
WSB
American Cancer Society
Bob Odom
Africa
Asia
St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
Regan Jewelers
Enero A
Marinas Catherine Hospital
Rall
Sletmane
TCL Cs
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