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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1995
Page
5
The article explains grass tetany as a magnesium deficiency linked to low soil phosphorus. Prevention includes topdressing with magnesium, feeding roughage before turnout, or adding magnesium oxide in supplements. Monitor cattle for nervousness and incoordination after turning out, seek a veterinarian, and contact Franklin County extension for more information.
Floyd Smith of Ottawa will receive the Outstanding Dairy Award from the Kansas Dairy Technology Society. He planned to attend a June meeting in Wamego to accept. A 45-year dairy veteran and former KC T Society president, Smith founded Process Systems Company, serving six Great Plains states with dairy and food processing equipment.
Excel Corp and Monfort, two of America's largest beef packers, said they may cease buying show animals amid reports of illegal growth hormone use by breeders. The Kansas City Star cited clenbuterol findings at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville. Disqualified exhibitors included Brian Wade Johnson, Hilton Wise, and Jennifer Lenhert, with Johnson losing prize money and facing a show ban.
The Agriculture Department announced that crop estimates and economic reports will be available online through the internet with Cornell University support. More than 400 reports yearly will be posted within three hours of release, with major forecasts at 8:30 a.m. East Coast time. Access via gopher or Telnet to usda.mannlib.cornell.edu, or anonymous FTP, is provided.
In western Kansas unseasonably cold weather endangers winter wheat after weeks of gains. State agronomist Jim Shroyer notes early planted varieties are most at risk and that it may take up to 10 days to gauge damage. Observers report subfreezing lows in Garden City and Lane County with potential yield impacts but possible recovery if conditions improve.
The Agriculture Department predicts 1994-95 orange production at 11.7 million tons, up 13 percent from last year, with Florida at 9.17 million tons and California at 2.4 million. Grapefruit is forecast at 2.86 million tons, led by Florida at 2.33 million, while Arizona and Texas show declines and lemon output falls 3 percent to 931,000 tons.
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