Wet weather could push prices higher for consumers
The Midwest rain delayed Spring crop planting and split officials on price implications. Farmers fear higher feed costs, while USDA economists predict minimal price impact as soybeans and cotton land reallocate. by early June corn and soy planting trailed last year, with futures rising on dry hopes.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Midwest
Joseph Wankert
Plain
Wis
Francis A. Kutish
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Ile
Agriculture Department
Kutish
Chicago Board of Trade
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Utnois
Iowa
Indiana
Painted Lady Larva Threat Shifts From Thistle To Croplands
Weld County reports a surge of painted lady butterfly larvae that hatched from eggs laid on Canadian thistle. Larvae moved up to 500 yards into corn, sugar beets, and alfalfa near Eaton. Insecticides Parathion and Dylox sprayed areas, destroying larvae. officials urge vigilant monitoring of thistle fields to contain spread.
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Weld County Extension Office
Eaton
Wyman Ogan
Opon
Ogan
He Xugar Company
Duating, Inc
Staver retires after 38 years with Colorado 4-H
Cecil J. Staver, longtime Colorado state 4-H club leader since 1945, was honored at a Wednesday banquet on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins as he retires after nearly 39 years. A Cecil Staver Citizenship Fund was created to support state winners advancing to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
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Cecil J. Staver
Fort Collins
Staver
Colorado
Colorado State
Colorado State University
Earier
Slaver
Weld County
Cecil Staver
Colorado 4-H Foundation
National
Congrom
Chicago
Ill
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