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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1996
Page
5
Area drivers are urged to slow for farm machinery during planting season as speed limits rise on some two lane highways from 55 to 65 mph. State safety officials advise increasing following distances and improving equipment visibility with slow moving vehicle emblems and amber lights. Farmers should yield to oncoming traffic when turning and anticipate wide turns due to large equipment.
Anderson County High School FFA honored members at the annual banquet. Seniors John Morgan Garnett and Kelly Croucher Westphalia received chapter scholarships. Gerald Ellis Scholarship went to Josh Hubler Welda. Claren Anderson Memorial Award to Monica Peine Greeley. Star Farmer Degree to John Cubit Garnett. Star Greenhand to Melissa Patton Garnett. Proficiency awards tallied for Morgan Riley Cubit Nichols. GPA honorees included Mary Riley, Luke Feuerbom Garnett Amy Kueser Richmond Marilyn Peine Greeley, David Peine Greeley, John Cubit.
U S farm exports reached a record 5.5 billion in January as tight grain supplies spiked prices. Exports for Oct 1 to Jan rose 15 percent year over year, with beef pork poultry and fruit exports advancing. Wheat and corn values climbed, with major buyers in Egypt Pakistan Japan and South Korea. Imports increased 7 percent to 2.7 billion, keeping the farm trade surplus at 2.8 billion.
In six northeastern Wisconsin counties gypsy moths trigger quarantine risk for nursery stock Christmas trees and timber next year unless populations shrink. Door Brown Kewaunee Manitowoc Marinette and Oconto counties already in a 1996 transition status. 104,918 moths were trapped in 1995, ten times 1994, as officials strive to protect 14.5 million acres of forest land.
Arizona officials broadened the Karnal bunt quarantine to cover all Arizona wheat growers and parts of New Mexico and Texas. The measure aims to halt spread of the fungus found in durum seed traced to an Arizona grower, affecting about 80 identified holders and potentially more. The plan includes sampling, lab tests, and possible destruction of infected land, with certification for export of fungus-free crops under consideration.
A marketing seminar titled For Women Only is planned by the Franklin County Farm Bureau with registration due Friday. The 6 to 10 p.m. Monday event at Faith Bureau building 210 W. Technised aims to explain basics of agriculture marketing with focus on options. Call 242-4130. no enrollment fee.
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