Wheat quality early report shows Kansas leads No 1 grade
The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service and Kansas Grain Inspection Service released a June 30 report on 1400 carrot samples from 35 counties. Sixty three percent of the 2005 Kansas wheat crop received the highest No 1 rating, up from 51 percent last year. About 36 percent were No 2, equal to 2004, and 1 percent were No 3 or below, versus 13 percent previously. The data cover test weight protein content grade and defects and were funded by the Kansas Wheat Commission.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Kass
Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Kansas Wheat Commission
Automakers offer employee discounts to boost sales
Chrysler Group joined GM and Ford in offering employee discounts to customers through August 1 with up to 3500 cash back on select Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. Exclusions apply to several models and 2006/SRT lines. GM saw a 41 percent June sales jump as discounts cut average spend by 400 to 500.
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DaimlerChrysler AG
Chrysler Group
Chrysler
Dodge
Jeep
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Justice Dept approves Alltel Western Wireless deal with divestitures
The Justice Department tentatively clears Alltel Corp.'s 4.4 billion purchase of Western Wireless Corp. on condition it divests some rural properties including Western Wireless assets in Kansas. The cash and stock deal, announced January 10, would move Alltel to the No. 5 position among U.S. wireless carriers.
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Alltel Corp
Western Wireless Corp
Alltel
Western Wireless
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U.S
Mark Fagan Contact Note From The Journal
Business editor Mark Fagan provides contact details for Ljworld with a phone number and email alias for readers to reach the desk.
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Mfagan
Ljworld.com
Mike Belt
Inbelt
State backs study for $20 million biodiesel plant
Kansas Commerce will fund a feasibility study for a proposed biodiesel plant in Douglas County. The value-added loan program provides $40,000 to assist Lawrence area efforts led by the New Horizons Agriculture Alliance. Project leaders say the facility could employ over 36 workers and produce about 20 million gallons of biodiesel yearly, using soybean oil sourced from local farmers and sold for trucks, farm equipment, and buses.
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Douglas County
Kansas Department of Commerce
Lynn Parman
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
New Horizons Agriculture Alliance
Bob Rhoton
Frontier Farm Credit
Goodland Energy Center aims to power ethanol biodiesel project
Northwest Kansas investors plan the Goodland Energy Center four miles west of Goodland to produce electricity ethanol and biodiesel starting in 2006. The $35 million to $45 million project will include three separately owned plants run by small investment groups, with production beginning late next year. Former city manager Ron Pickman leads the venture as chief operating officer and says local support should boost the economy and keep Goodland on the map.
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Kansas
Goodland Energy Center
Ron Pickman
Investors revive former Davol plant in Lawrence
Lawrence investors led by Rand Allen Smitty Belcher and Joel Fritzel bought the former Davol Inc. building at 700 E 22nd St via a limited liability company including an unnamed Chicago investor. Davol will lease a small portion while space is prepared for Allen Belcher and Fritzel businesses and other tenants. Huxtable has 140 local staff moving in. The purchase price was not disclosed but above the county’s $1.87 million value. Plans include relocating Huxtable operations from 8 SE 12th St and expanding local projects. moves will occur as renovations and space allocations are completed.
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Davol Inc
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Rand Allen
Allen Press
Smitty Belcher
Huxtable & Associates Inc
Joel Fritzel
Chicago
Belcher
Cranston
Davol
Tinue
Douglas County
Big Industrial LLC
Prairie Village
Davos
Huxtable
12Th St
P1 Group
Lenexa
Topeka
Fritzel
Clinton Parkway
Allen
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Davos Inc
Joel Fritzer
CARE program spreads bankruptcy wisdom to students
Bankruptcy professionals volunteer to visit high schools and colleges under CARE, sharing firsthand experiences of debt and bankruptcy to warn young people about overspending. Judge Ninfa emphasizes frontline insight into how credit card debt devastates families, citing rising debt among 18 to 34 year olds per the Demos study.
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CARE
John C. Ninfo II
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Western District of
New York
Ninfa
America
Demos
Commodity price snapshot and futures roundup
Ottawa cooperative and local elevators list today’s grain quotes for wheat corn milo and soybeans along with Chicago Board of Trade futures for soybeans wheat corn oats and beef pork and lean hogs. Nonferrous metals spot prices and precious metals quotes are shown from major exchanges.
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Edgerton
Overbrook
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Lawrence South
Pauline
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