Petitions Push for Ag Classes at Ottawa U S C
Momentum builds to reestablish agriculture related classes for Ottawa U.S.C. 290 through the East Central Vocational Cooperative. Superintendent Roger Nelson and a advisory committee weigh options while petitions spread across local businesses to show community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Ottawa
U.S.C
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Roger Nelson
Ottawa Board
Jack Beauchamp
United States
Beauchamp
Carroll Droddy
Butler’s Music
C H Service
Ottawa Co-op
Sheldon's Inc
Workingman’s Friend
First National Bank
Doris Heckman
Betty Watts
Ron Showalter
William Hay
Larry Mages
Adrian Derousseau
Con
Sunday Draft Horse Exhibition At Joe Blake Farm
Sunday event open to the public features draft horses from two to eight harnesses plowing disk mowing and handling large bales. Kansas Draft Horse and Mule Association members join observers from across Kansas at the Joe Blake farm five miles west of Ottawa on Greenwood road for a daylong demonstration of pre motor farming methods with an optional rain date May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Blake
Carolyn Blake
Kansas Draft Horse and Mule Association
Kansas
Ottawa
Greenwood Road
Camp Chippewa
Blake
Feedlot profits lag as cow calf producers stay steady in Kansas
In Kansas ranching, cow calf operators remain profitable while feedlots struggle. Mid March beef prices averaged 61.40 per hundredweight, down from February and a year earlier, with steers and heifers at 62.80. Breakeven costs for feedlot cattle run 64 to 67, and analysts note supply adjustments as drought, tax shifts, and mild winter affect weights and market timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas State University
Larry Penka
Ingalls Feedyard Inc
Internal Revenue Service
Mike Sands
Sands
Land Ownership and Leasing Topics At Workshop
County Agriculture Agent Robert W. Bosworth notes rising land leasing and ownership complexities as prices fell since 1981. Don Pretzer and Mike Sands will host a two evening Land Economics Workshop by TELENET on May 2 and 9, with $10 pre enrollment and $10 late on site. They will compare ownership to leasing, analyze fair crop share and machinery leases, and discuss lease changes and termination. Lupines are promoted as cover crops but require careful site and timing, with research ongoing and conditions varying by season. Alfalfa seeding guidance is linked to Kansas variety tests and timing, encouraging farmers to plan promptly for spring sowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derousseau
Beauchamp
Ottawa
Franklin County
Nelson
Ottawa School Board
U.S.C
ECVC
Baldwin
Central Heights
Robert W. Bosworth
Kansas
Jessees
KSU
Don Pretzer
Mike Sands
Pretzer
Jim Shroyer
KSA Extension Agronomist
Shroyer
Riley
Armor
Pioneer
Sunrise
W L
Cimarron
Oklahoma
Itchy Hogs And Pest Control In Swine Farms Examined
Livestock entomologist Don Mock explains hog lice and swine mange threaten hog health and farm economics. Pests spread by contact, affecting young piglets and mature animals, with costs estimated in tens of millions nationally and specific Kansas impacts. Control requires coordinated treatment of all animals, careful pesticide use, and attention to label directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Mock
KSU Extension
Mack
USDA
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph Parlett
Clarence Closson
Kingman
Gene Brinkman
Cowley County
Bonner Springs
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Luther Burbank
Hugh Hammond Bennett
Soil Conservation Movement
Roswell Garst
Iowa
Missouri
Kit Bond
Land Economics Workshop
Adult Education Center
KSA
Jack Brotemarkle
Brotemarkle
First National Bank OF Ottawa
F.C
Ast
Lawrence
Adveseat
Furopeah
Sewvern
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