Land use shifts prompt prime farmland inventory nationwide
The Soil Conservation Service defines prime and unique farmlands and starts a nationwide inventory to guide judgments on land use. By 1980 about 1,200 counties will have prime agriculture land maps, including several in northeast Kansas such as Shawnee and Johnson.
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United States
The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Kansas
Shawnee
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Douglas, Johnson, Jefferson
Irrigation acreage growth cited at Kansas Board meeting
Kansas irrigation has expanded from about 120 000 acres in 1940 to roughly three million acres today with 95 percent groundwater sources and 80 percent in the western third. Applications to appropriate water rose from 832 in 1970 to 2 918 in 1976 as Gov Bennett plans five new positions to handle the backlog.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources
Guy E. Gibson
Board of Agriculture
Gibson
Conservation ideas and plans for soil and water use
The piece discusses differing conservation ideas but common goals to protect soil and water resources. It notes private ownership of most food land, the need for planning, and past limits in enforcing conservation plans while urging wise use by landowners.
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Chester, Va
Hazel Burton
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