Liability Too Great Insurance Idles Custom Cutters
Oklahoma custom harvesters face insurance shortages as Farm Bureau and Cimarron Insurance write only select policies and new customers are not being accepted. Many crews plan southern California runs with no protection after April 30, while others consider quitting the business due to rising costs and potential liability settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal, Okla
Oklahoma
Dennis Blehm
Loyal
Farm Bureau
Cimarron Insurance Co
Cimarron
Kan
Blehm
Connie
Dorothy Blehm
Guthrie
California
Combine
Blehms
Gene Sigman
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance
Dairy Slaughter Ups Beef Supply Plan Gains Steam
Washington AP reports the dairy herd buyout aims to ease a milk surplus while lifting beef flow. The USDA expects 3 to 4 percent more beef in Q2 1986 with 951,619 cows 340,789 heifers and 957,995 calves contracted for slaughter across 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Ewen M. Wilson
USDA
Wilson
Defense Department
United States
European Economic Community
National Cattlemen’s Association
Agriculture
Richard E. Lyng
Don Butler
Butler
Lyng
Kansas inspectors guard anhydrous ammonia safety seasonally
Weights and measures inspectors in Kansas monitor anhydrous ammonia safety from March through June and July through September, inspecting some 800 plants and 15 000 nurse tanks and applicators. In 1985, 31 incidents or complaints were investigated with four injuries and no fatalities, while safety training and basic rules stress protective gear, equipment maintenance, proper filling levels, safe towing, and immediate medical contact for ammonia burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
John O'Neill
O'Neill
Board of Agriculture
Division of Inspections
Topeka
Kan
Apple Trees Need Preventive Spraying Says County Agent
Apple growers should apply early protectant sprays for apple scab though no reports have appeared yet. Cedar gall rust will likely release spores during next soaking rain. protect cedars with Ferbam or Zineb, but Captan and Benlate do not control rust. Pears and berries require specific fungicides and timing. winter injury noted in northeast Kansas. alfalfa weevil monitoring and labeled insecticides for control are detailed.
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Robert W. Bosworth
Captan
Benlate
Manhattan
Kansas
Funginex
KSU
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Steve Paris
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Custom Harvesters
Paris
Blohm
Melvin Eyster
Thomas
Eyster
Paul Hays
W. Tecumseh
Ottawa
Wet Farm Bureau Insurance
Tes Fairgrounds
Tack & Equipment
Joe Blake
Cook’s Service
N. Main
Fuqua Industries
Gages
Cea
Finance
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