Four-H delegates invited to Washington conference
Williamsburg senior Laura Driver was selected as one of four Kansas delegates to a week long 4 H planning and evaluation conference in Washington DC. Franklin County Extension Agent Jo Ellen Arnold also attended.
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Williamsburg High School
Laura Driver
Kansas
Washington D.C
Network For Action
Franklin County
Jo Ellen Arnold
Arnold
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Donna L. Krueger
Krueger
Bob
Sandy Krueger
Wellsville
Hutchinson
Rock Springs
Baking school marks anniversary at KSU
The American Institute of Baking in Manhattan marks its 20th year near Kansas State University. The not-for-profit and for-profit arms focus on research, education, and food safety, offering 170 to 190 seminars yearly and training for bakery maintenance, with a cosmopolitan student body averaging 30 years old.
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Farm Bureau
Kansas State University
Kansas Farm Bureau
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AIB
Manhattan
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Robb Mackie
American Bakers Association
Washington, D.C
Bakers Way
Minneapolis
Chicago
U.S
K-State
William Hoover
Institute
Ken Embers
Admissions
AIB International
Ortatioot
England
Wirtz
United States
Flint Hills
Scott Casey
Casey
Land Appraisal Increases Create Tax Hikes For Kansas Farmers
Across Kansas farmers face higher agricultural property taxes as the 1996 eight year average yields and revised soil type classifications lift land values. Charles Munson reports cropland up 24 percent and pastureland up 36 percent in parts of Geary County. County appraisers use a state formula and allow appeals for adjustments as farmers seek fairness amid changes.
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Kan
Charles Munson
Kansas
Munson
Geary County
Junction City
Mark Beck
Beck
Gary Hall
Kansas Farm Bureau
Howard Woodbury
Osage
Chase
Lyon
Franklin
Osage County
After 36 years company plans to irradiate meats
Virginia based Applied Radiant Energy Corp and its founder Lawrence Barrett press toward irradiating meats for safety. After decades of regulatory struggles and stigma linked to nuclear fears, FDA approvals and industry recalls finally push toward installing cobalt-60 gamma irradiation in meat plants.
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Ynchburg
Wilffi
Virginia
Lawrence Barrett
Applied Radiant Energy Corp
U.S
Barrett
Jim Myron
Applied Radiant
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture Department
FDA
ConAgra Inc
David Rohde
Great Bend site eyed for Seaboard Farms hog plant
Seaboard Farms plans a $100 million 450000 square foot hog processing plant in Barton County. The project would employ about 2400 workers with a $55 million annual payroll and could become the county’s largest single employer. An impact study by 13 local task forces will gauge housing and transportation effects. no site is set and no incentives are requested.
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Seaboard Farms
Barton County
Kansas County
Barton County Commission
Pat Keenan
Seaboard
Reomtieen
Great Bend
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