Crop dusters embrace high tech in alfalfa spraying
Pratt Ag Aviation pilot Gary Jordan uses an Air Tractor 40A with GPS to spray alfalfa for weevils at 140 mph, replacing old flagman methods. Kansas has about 135 spray operations and 270 pilots, with costs around 4.25 to 4.50 dollars per acre plus chemical fees. Larger turbine planes cost 475000 to 700000 dollars, and satellite navigation is a must option.
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Jordan
Pratt Ag Air
Sharon Clevenger
Pratt Ag Aviation
Kansas
Bill Hoeffner
Ellinwood
Kansas Aerial Applicators Association
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Hoeffner
Excel plans immigrant training center at Schuyler plant
Excel Corp aims to build a 1575 square foot education center at its Schuyler site to educate the 2000 workers and reduce turnover. The center would offer ESL and Spanish classes, literacy and GED programs, citizenship, computer basics, a media center, and a conference room with funding from corporate and state migrant programs. If approved, construction would be funded by Excel with furniture and teachers funded by grants, targeting an autumn opening.
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Schuyler, Neb
Excel Corp
Amanda Johnson
Johnson
Excel
Wichita
Kan
Columbus
Schuyler
Colby farmer mourns harvest without teen killed at school
In Colby Velma Rohrbough, 87, faces a harvest without her great grandson Dan Rohrbough who helped on the 700 acre farm. Dan was among 12 students shot at Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado. His family recalls his quiet generosity and daily work with tractors and electronics shop earnings.
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Colby Farmer
Olby
Velma Rohrbough
Dan Rohrbough
Dan
Littleton
Colo
Colby
Colorado
Derek Pontius
Denver
Maxine Rohrbough
Corn acreage set to reach record in Kansas
The Kansas Corn Growers Association projects 3.1 million acres of corn to be planted this year, up 100000 acres from before. Donnie Young of Ulysses, president, cites three consecutive record years and potential for another record harvest in 1999 if weather holds. Improved corn hybrids and Farm Bill flexibility boost dryland planting in western Kansas.
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Leroy
Joyce Wasmund
Princeton
Kansas
Washington
Gary Hall
Kansas Farm Bureau
U.S. Capitol
Dan Glickman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wasmunds
Farm Bureau
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Donnie Young
Ulysses
Kansas Corn Growers
Young
Sorghum acreage climbs in Kansas amid drought relief loans
Kansas Agricultural Statistics forecasts a 3 percent rise in sorghum planting to 3.6 million acres as drought shifts wheat ground to sorghum and livestock demand grows. Leo Bindel of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association cites Kansas reclaiming about 41 percent of the nation's sorghum. Franklin and Anderson counties businesses may qualify for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans up to 1.5 million dollars at 4 percent for 30 years due to crop losses.
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Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Sabetha
Leo Bindel
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Texas
Bindel
Franklin
Anderson
Small Business Administration
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