National study to guide Cooperative Extension Service shifts
An 18 member committee appointed by U S Agriculture Secretary John Block will study the future scope of the Cooperative Extension Service. The review, to be completed by November 1982, will survey staff and clients and reassess Smith Lever Act goals as demographics shift from rural to urban.
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Manhattan
Cooperative Extension Service
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Fred D. Sotering
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Puerto Rico
Guam
Virgin Islands
Extension
America
Chinch Bugs Uncommon In County 1982 Survey
Kansas chinch bug survey shows wintering populations much lower than 1981 with scattered areas of significant bugs. Early season damage to seedling sorghum or corn near small grains likely in several counties including Washington, Republic, Jewell, Osborne, Mitchell, and others. Weather and future field surveys will influence bug numbers and damage. map accompanies findings.
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Kansas
Rice
Ellsworth
Barton
Russell
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
K.S.A. Extension Service
Grow vegetables in windowsill or containers this summer
For space constrained gardeners, grow vegetables in minigardens using pots, barrels, or boxes. Choose container sizes per plant, ensure drainage, use soilless mixes, feed with water soluble fertilizer, and provide sunlight or partial shade as appropriate.
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KSA
Chuck Marr
Marr
Wheat Diseases and Army Cutworms Report
Topeka reports the first appearances of several wheat diseases between March 15 and 23 including Soilborne Mosaic Leaf Rust Speckled Leaf Blotch and Tan Spot with regional activity across Kansas. Leaf rust alarms growers in Montgomery Sedgwick and Pratt counties while tan spot favors straw residues. Army Cutworms appear in northwest to southwest wheat and alfalfa, with counts under 1 per square foot generally and a four to five worm per square foot economic threshold. Hatch of the Alfalfa Weevil is underway in southern Kansas and warrants field checks.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Montgomery
Sedgwick
Pratt
Gray County
Garden City
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U.S
Congress
KSU Extension
Shelter
Shelter Life Insurance Company
Neil Satterlee
West
Ottawa
Franklin County
F.E.T
Gilliland Tire
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