Wheat disease concerns in Harvey County fields
Farmers cautioned about cephalosporium stripe and wheat streak mosaic causing stunting lodging and tiller death. Leaf rust rising in spots, take-all root rot linked to wet fall and dry prior period. Lab help available at KSU. exchange samples for disease distribution. Also notes on new Kansas Farm Account Books covers and beef cattle research from Clay Center Nebraska.
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Jack Barnes
Harvey County
KSU
Bill Willis
Andale
McPherson
Willis
4 H Doings Promotes Summer 4 H Photography Reading
Harvey County 4 H'ers gain extra time for projects as schools close for summer. Photography tips emphasize composition, framing, backgrounds, tones, angles, and telling a story. Reading guidance urges library use across units, with cross project ideas and enjoyment reading.
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Fred Rohs
Harvey County
Extension Service
Kansas farm price indices rise modestly in mid May
Kansas farmers saw a slight overall price rise in mid May with livestock products contributing to gains. The mid May index stood at 181 percent of the 1967 base, up from April and near the May 1974 level. Beef, hog prices and crop prices shifted, with wheat and corn moving differently month to month.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Wheat prospects improve in Harvey County amid worm invasion
Harvey County extension reports wheat prospects remain better than average despite storms and pests. True armyworm infestations persist with two to four worms per drill row foot, prompting aerial spraying in some fields. Rust appears in a few fields but may not cut yields. Also notes Miss Debbie Brandewiede, 1975 Kansas Shorthorn Princess, appearing on KARD-TV Saturday. Chinese seeds arrive at Cary Arboretum Millbrook NY from Beijing, part of prior Sino American seed exchange.
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Harvey County
Debbie Brandewiede
Kansas
Arboretum Millbrook
N. Y
Peking Botanical Garden
People’s Republic of China
Cary Arboretum
New York Botanical Garden
Arboretum
China
Nanking Botanical Garden
Millbrook Scientific Institution
Peking
Donald B. Straus
Straus
European feed executives to discuss U S soybean supplies
A six-member European delegation from Britain, France, Ireland and Belgium will visit Washington June 16 and 17 to meet with U S farm leaders and lawmakers about U S soybean supplies and quality feedstuffs. The American Soybean Association will sponsor, with events including Chicago and Illinois farm stops. A Senate Agriculture subcommittee is probing grain inspection amid indictments of inspectors tied to New Orleans and Houston ports. Senator Humphrey plans emergency powers bill and a June 19 hearing on the issue.
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Washington
U.S
American Soybean Association
Hudson
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois
Britain
France
Ireland
Belgium
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Foreign Agricultural Policy
New Orleans
Houston
USDA
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Secretary of Agriculture
Humphrey
Corn crop off to good start as planting nears completion
The 1975 corn crop is about 96 percent planted by June 1, far ahead of last year and normal progress. Soybean planting also moved rapidly, with Illinois at 87 percent and Iowa corn finished. wheat, oats, and barley harvests in Texas progressed before rain slowed activity. Farmers hope for a record crop if weather remains normal.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
USDA
DES-tainted beef livers rise in first quarter 1975 findings
Agriculture Department reports nine DES tainted livers found among 565 tested in Q1 1975, a 1.6 percent rate, up from 0.3 percent in all of 1974. DES, banned since 1973, prompted new livestock certification requiring 14 days without DES prior to slaughter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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