Fruit Trees and Roses Lose Ground in Cold Spell
Local growers report frost and snows have damaged early fruit buds. Peach trees likely unfruitful this season as apricot and apple buds suffer. Roses show losses while cool season vegetables may survive with hardening. Wheat remains resilient, though wet fields slow farm work. May 15 frost-free date cited as deadline before warmer weather returns.
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Mother Nature
Lyle Turner
Turner’s Greenhouse
Turner
Ann Peuser
Willis Nursery
Peuser
KSA
Frank Morrison
Morrison
No Till Faith Pushes Iowa Farmers Toward Better Yields
Ernest Behm an Iowa farmer argued no till works if farmers commit like in conventional tillage. He shared his 20 year no till practice, his ridge planting method 30 inch apart with in-row fertilization, and notes on soil preservation, faster soil warming, and earlier planting. At Central Heights FFA banquet two dozen members received awards including Rachel Vining as Star Chapter Farmer and Matt Wilson as Star Greenhand.
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Diane Yeamans
Ernest Behm
Iowa
Behm
Central Heights
Future Farmers of America
The
Soil Conservation Service
Rachel Vining
Bob Welch
FFA
Vining
Manhattan
Matt Wilson
Star Greenhand
Crop Reduction Sign-Up Progress Near Deadline
About a week remains until the April 16 deadline for farmers to sign up with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. In Franklin County about 500 farms, over half, have joined the program to cut wheat and feed grain harvests while still allowing withdrawal.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Dave Hornung
Franklin County
ASCS
Hornung
Musk Thistle Control Urged In Kansas This Spring
Kansas officials urge early spraying of musk thistle in April before rosette bolting. Use 2 4 D, followed by digging escapes and burning seeds. County weed offices offer rental gear and guidance to achieve 100 percent eradication to protect pastures and neighboring lands.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Franklin County
Freeman Biery
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Yong
Jack Davis
Terry Powelson
David Arnett
Daren Kleitz
Johnny Lee
Bret Skeet
John Ball
Eddie Lee
Earl VanWie
Mike Douglas
Bart Skeet
Doug Sobba
Kleitz
Powelson
Erick Kern
VanWie
Gary Kimball
Davis
Cheri Jensen
Lonny Harris
Sally Kirkland
Mike Dunnivan
Sobba
Henry Theele
J. Lee
Richard Dimoush
Ball
Merle Haas
Watchdog
Franklin County Watchdog Committee
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