Certification Tightens Pesticide Rules For Kansas Farmers
Kansas farmers face tighter pesticide rules as restricted use labels spread to more products including Tordon and six granular insecticides. Certification and recertification drive inspections. dealers require certification numbers. Sunflowers draw interest with marketing steps by Cargill and Kansas elevators amid yield potential and export trends.
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Cress
Kansas
EPA
State Board
Plan and space for a Kansas fruit garden with new seedless grapes
Kansas State University extension horticulturist Frank Morrison offers space guidelines for fruit trees and berries. dwarf and semidwarf trees need 50 75 and about 200 square feet per tree respectively, grapes about 60 square feet, and strawberries up to eight square feet per plant. new seedless grapes Reliance Mars Candice Lakemont and Suffolk Red promise good quality, winter hardiness, and easier disease resistance. check local nurseries or mail order sources for availability.
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KSU
Frank Morrison
Kansas State University
Morrison
Kansas
Reliance
Mars
Suffolk
Scholarship winner Keenan Beauchamp top of class
Ottawa student Keenan Beauchamp of Kansas State University earned the Sophomore Scholarship Award from Gamma Sigma Delta for scholastic honors and placing in the top five percent of his agricultural engineering class. State Board notes upcoming topics and an April 23 mission to buy Kansas wheat. Next meeting August 4-5 in Sharon Springs.
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Keenan Beauchamp
Ottawa
Kansas State University
Gamma Sigma Delta
Jack Beauchamp
RFD
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Republic of China
Kansas
Great Plains Cattle Feeders Conference in Guymon Okla
The Great Plains Cattle Feeders Conference runs May 8 and 9 at the Texas County Activities Center Guymon Oklahoma with experts from feedlot packing industries and veterinary science. W D Farr of Farr Feeders Inc opens the Wednesday session and will recount cattle feeding history along with other speakers from Texas A&M KSU and Heinhold Commodities. Pre register by May 1 with fees of 20 dollars and 10 dollars for a spouse. The National Grain Sorghum Producers Association also sponsors a nationwide sorghum yield contest this year.
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Great Plains
Guymon
Okla
Texas County
W. D. Farr
Farr Feeders Inc
Greeley
Colo
Farr
Fulton Terr
Garden City
Kan
P. O
National Grain Sorghum Producers Association
GSPA
Sorghum Contest to Reward Efficient Growers with Trips Abroad
A bulletin outlines top winners receiving a foreign trip under a three level contest by county state and national divisions. Awards include plaques and certificates, with judging based on county average yield and computer calculations at the National GSPA in Abernathy Texas. Entry deadline is 30 days before harvest with harvest reports due by December 1. applications available through the National GSFA and state associations.
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GSPA
GSFA
Abernathy
Texas
Plea For Higher Farm Prices Incomprehensible To Those Paying More
Farmers urge higher prices while urban shoppers face rising food costs. USDA projects 1985 retail food up 2 to 5 percent despite farm prices falling 2 to 5 percent. Marketing costs drive most of the rise, with packaging and transportation up, labor shifts noted, and away-from-home eating consuming a growing share of food dollars.
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Melissa Cordonier
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Franklin County to Hold Public Hearing on FY 1985 Block Grants
Franklin County Commissioners announce a public hearing on Monday April 29 1985 at 8 00 P M in the Courthouse second floor meeting room Ottawa Kansas to gather input on the proposed FY 1985 Community Development Block Grant funds for community improvement or economic development. All interested persons and agencies urged to attend.
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Franklin County Commissioners
Ottawa
Kansas
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