Tips On Insect Control And Spring Calving Herd
Insects threaten area wheat fields with greenbugs and chinch bugs. Ladybugs and predators help keep greenbug numbers down. Chemical control is advised when greenbugs reach 300 to 500 per foot of row or plants exceed six inches tall. Chinch bugs are mostly adults and nymphs may feed but rarely damage wheat. Control is hard as they feed at the base. Drought-stressed wheat shows curling leaves and bluish-green color from hot dry winds.
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Bob Bozworth
Kansas
Spring cattle calving tips from KSU beef specialist
Keith Zoellner urges regular field checks for pests on corn and sorghum, notes wind burn in wheat, and stresses protein energy phosphorus and vitamin A for postpartum beef cows. Emphasizes semen evaluation, bull quality, health vaccinations, and herd sire planning before the spring breeding season.
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Keith Zoellner
KSU
Adjust Grazing For Moisture By HERMAN NORWOOD
Last summer's drought in Kansas lingers as spring showers fail to arrive. Range expert Dr. Kenneth L. Hladek warns producers to cut stocking rates by 15 to 25 percent and consider intensive early stocking, with forage shortages driving spring calve culling and possible prescribed burning limits. Emphasizing even grazing, salt and mineral stations in underused areas, and seeking Soil Conservation Service guidance for tailored plans.
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Herman Norwood
Kansas
Kenneth L. Hladek
Soil Conservaion Service
Manhattan
Hladek
Franklin County Ranks Eighth In State Soybean Output
Franklin County farms yielded 887,600 bushels of soybeans last year from 59,500 harvested acres of 60,000 planted. Brown County led with 1,782,700 bushels, while Finney and Seward posted the highest average yields. Statewide soy production totaled 23,925,000 bushels from 1,450,000 acres with an average yield of 16.5 bushels per acre, down 40 percent from 1979.
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Franklin County
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Brown County
Doniphan
Marshall
Atchison
Brown
Miami
Jefferson
Cherokee
Franklin
Finney
Seward
Genetics Key To Producing Beef Futurity Open House Told
A Kansas State University and Kansas Livestock Association study shows a 1.2 pound per head daily gain gap between top and bottom groups in the Kansas Steer Futurity. An open house April 28 at the Ottawa County Feedlot near Minneapolis will present vital statistics for 100 steers, with final results due in mid June. Cattlemen will see selection to slaughter from 20 five steer groups, plus weights, gains, and dam data, while a complimentary barbeque is held.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Gene Francis
Kansas State University
Ottawa County
Minneapolis
Highway 81
Francis
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Livestock Association
KSU Cooperative Extension Service
Emporia
Max Worthington
Conservation Notes on Soil Stewardship Week Progress
This piece lauds the forward march of conservation in farming. It credits farmers, agribusiness, local districts, and the Soil Conservation Service for adopting modern practices like parallel terraces, wider grassed waterways, and conservation tillage to reduce erosion and save moisture while boosting food quality and affordability. It celebrates national Soil Stewardship Week and the agribusiness team.
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Usda Soil Conservation Service
Angriindustry
Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Beef Forage Field Day at Southeast Kansas Station
The Southeast Kansas Experiment Station in Labette County near Mound Valley will host the annual beef cattle and forage crops field day on May 5. Registration starts at 9 20 AM, with lunch provided by Blanco Products, a division of El Lilly, and a team of six specialists will present.
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Mound Valley
Southeast Kansas Experiment Station
Richard J. Johnson
Labette County
Blanco Products
el Lilly
Peanut Import Quota Upped by Reagan Move
Washington AP President Reagan raised the U S peanut import quota by 100 million pounds extending expiration to July 31 to ease consumer demand until this year’s crop arrives Agriculture Secretary Black said the prior Carter quota of 200 million pounds expires June 30 The larger import allocation is not expected to disrupt the domestic price support program as the new crop nears market and drought reduced the 1980 harvest to under 2 3 billion pounds
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Washington
U.S
John R. Black
Reagan
Carter
Block
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Ottawa
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Frank Brazie
Chanute
Wll
Gary Kilgore
Ray Lamond
Lyle Lomas
Joy Moyer
Robert Schalles
Meat Animal Research
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Abstract & Title Co
Jeanette Croucher
Johnson County
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K.P
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New Holland
Massey Ferguson
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