Kansans react to soil and water conservation program plan
Nearly 2,000 Kansans commented on the Secretaries Preferred Soil and Water Conservation Program under RCA 1977. Most opposed the Preferred Program as written while supporting increased funding and local government role, with strong backing for field-level staff, cost-share incentives, and long-term landowner agreements.
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Kansas
RCA
Secretary of Agriculture
USDA
Conservation District
ASC
Kansas State Conservation Commission
Farmers Home Administration
Tractor Safety Training for Youth at Paola High
ROBERT W BOZWORTH leads tractor safety training for 14 and 15 year olds on May 4 5 and 8 at Paola High School Vo Ag room in Franklin and Miami counties. Registration is 5 per person with extension office signup by April 30.
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Robert W. Bozworth
Franklin and
Miami County
Paola High School
Vo Ag
Farmers Sign Up Far More Acres For 1982 Program
Washington AP Farmers enrolled about 179.4 million acres in the 1982 acreage reduction program by April 16, roughly 79 percent of the national base for feed grain rice upland cotton and rice. Franklin County reports about 875 farms. Block notes last minute signups and cites possible final figures in two weeks.
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Washington
Agriculture
John R. Black
Block
Dave Hornung
Franklin County
ASCS
USDA
Most of Kansas Wheat Signed Up
Kansas farmers enrolled over 93 percent of normal wheat acreage in the federal set aside plan. National enrollment stood at 84 percent for wheat, with 74 percent for corn and milo. If participants cut 15 percent, they gain price supports and crop loans, while final USDA figures await processing.
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Wichita. Kan
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hedge planting guidelines and suitable shrubs for Kansas
Off ered plant spacings range from six to eight inches for small formal hedges, twelve inches for medium plantings, and eighteen to thirty inches for taller hedges. Informal hedges require double these spacings. The guide lists many Kansas adaptable trees and shrubs such as eastern redcedar Rocky Mountain juniper Chinese lilac common lilac Froebel spirea Peking cotoneaster hedge cotoneaster winged euonymus Cinquefoil Potentilla and advises selecting material by use.
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Kansas
Falkland Crisis Sparks Grain Price Volatility
Kansas Extension economists report the Falkland Islands crisis caused sharp swings in grain markets. They note price moves tied to political outlook, with Argentina's export shares cited and implications for corn soybeans and wheat. The analysts advise readiness to act on price spikes and highlight long term policy tensions with Russia and the United States.
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Manhattan
Falkland Islands
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
B.L. Flinchbaugh
U.S
Great Britain
Argentina
Orient
Grunewald
Flinchbaugh
Alexander Haig
South
Russia
Soviet Union
Ussr
United States
Reagan
Wingert Bull Earns Gold Standard in Hereford Show
Wingert Stock Farm north of Ottawa and co-owners Beartooth Ranch and HRS Polled Herefords earned Gold Standard with BTLi Advancer 12H, one of 23 bulls to reach the level. The award reflects showing and feedlot performance, with three sons of Advancer 12H averaging 3.30 lb daily gain and 1,050 lb yearling weight, plus a 2.87 daily weight gain. Kansas county soy data noted separately.
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Wingert Stock Farm
Ottawa
Btli Advancer
Wingert
George Wingert
Beartooth Ranch
Columbus
Mont
Sydney
Prince Albert
Sask
Beloit
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Herman Norwood
Robert Welty
Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Kansas State University
Welty
Welly
Gus van der Hoeven
van der Hoeven
KSU
County Extension Office
Kansas Wheat
Falkland
Anderson County
Marshall County
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Brown County
Cherokee County
Doniphan County
City of
City
Park St
Wizard Auto
Magnavox
Philco
B&w
Richard Eklund
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
Washington DC
Wanda Kirkland
Marie Frilts
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