Greeley County weighs hog project as voters back dairy
Greeley County supervisors propose a hog confinement plan with 200 barns and 30 jobs, later scaled back, awaiting Thursday opinion poll results. Seaboard expects facilities within two years if approved, with poll labeled unofficial. Dairy support in 1997 polls favored 337 to 141. two dairies operate in the county. Seaboard is a major Midwest pork producer with operations across several states and international markets.
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Mesa Commission Plans to Fill Vacant Garden City Seat
Garden City commissioners weigh options for filling Mesa’s soon to be vacant seat. They rule out leaving it empty, plan to solicit candidates, and set a December vacancy fill deadline. Other actions include approving a Born Learning trail at A Harold Long Park and appointing Debra Bolton to the Cultural Relations Board.
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Finney County Community Health Coalition
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Nancy Harness
Harness
Spruce Street
Debra Bolton
Beef industry mired in shrinking cash market and packer power
The article reviews how reduced competitive bidding for cattle, consolidation among meatpackers, and contract sales pressurize ranchers. It cites declines in cash market share from 70 percent in 1999 to just above 50 percent in 2007, rising packer power, and antitrust scrutiny from the Agriculture and Justice departments. It notes producers like B J Neill and Shelby Jones facing dominant buyers such as National Beef Packing Co. LLC, with some resistance from ranchers to low-ball bids and late-night purchases.
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University of Wisconsin
Department of Justice Antitrust
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
B.J. Neill
Shelby Jones
Dighton
Kan
National Beef Packing Co. LLC
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Carstensen
USDA
R-Calf USA
Bullard
Sears
Big Meatpackers
Cargill
Nebraska Beef
Omaha
Mark Depp
American Meat Institute
Dopp
Jerry Adams
Tyson
Ainsworth
Adams
Depp
Ulysses man receives life term in grave crime case
Lomas, a Ulysses resident, was sentenced to life in prison in Grant County District Court after a plea deal with the State of Kansas. He admitted to murders of Marcos and Hilda Garcia and was linked to aggravated burglary charges later dismissed. The case involved a young son who witnessed the events.
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David Black
Ron Evans
Topeka
Attorney General’s Office
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Marcos
Hilda Garcia
Terry Mass
Grant County Sheriff’s Office
Mass
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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