Farmers adjust plantings as rainfall concern grows
Franklin County Agriculture Agent Bozworth reports farmers are ahead of normal in planting with corn largely in and milo and soybeans starting. Rain remains scarce and insects vary, with wheat ahead and some ground possibly switching from soybeans to milo. Alfalfa weevil and sod web worms appear early, while hedge timing could aid fall crops.
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Diane Yeamans
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
Bozworth
Bosworth
Chinch Bugs Threaten Sorghum in Kansas Fields
Kansas State University entomologist Leroy Brooks warns eastern and central Kansas may face risky sorghum plantings due to chinch bug infestations mirroring last year. He advises watching wheat for nymphs, timing plantings around May 10, and considering alternatives if pest pressure rises, while also noting alfalfa weevil damage and control measures across the state.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Leroy Brooks
Kansas State University
Brooks
McPherson County
Farm Youth Tractor Training and Lawn Care Tips
Training for 14 and 15 year olds to work on farms will be held May 4 7 pm in the New Courts building basement with continued sessions May 6 7 to 9 30 pm and May 9 9 to 12 am at $5 per person register at the Extension Office by May 5 Webworm light feeding in Ottawa bluegrass lawns earlier than usual, control options include Diazinon Dylox Ethion Sevin and Toxaphone.
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Robert W. Bozworth
Courts
Aod
Bluegrass
Ottawa
Henbit Control Best In Fall
Kansas State University horticulture specialist Larry Leuthold warns henbit, an annual weed, grows from seed in October and blooms in spring. Control is best in fall with mowing and cultural practices, as fall spraying uses less chemical and prevents seed set. use a herbicide mix with MCPP or dicamba for effectiveness, and distinguish henbit from chickweed which also germinates in fall.
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Lenthold
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Larry Leuthold
Leuthold
Newton Worth 41 Million and More for Kansas Wheat
Kansas State University highlights Newton, a wheat variety released in 1977, as producing an $84 million windfall for 1980 harvest and a $41 million Newton bonus, totaling about $125 million in added value due to higher yields and SBMV resistance. The success stems from cooperative work across agronomy, grain science, plant pathology, entomology, and U.S. Grain Marketing Research Lab, with Newton planted on nearly five million Kansas acres and accounting for 34 percent of wheat acreage last fall.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Department of Agronomy
Newton
George Ham
KSU Agricultural Advisory Council
Kansas
Ham
KSU
U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory
KSA
Fort Hays
Larned
Eagle
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Johnson County Equipment, Inc
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Stillwell
Leslie L. Needham
Thomas H. Sachse
Ottawa Herald
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