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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1995
Page
6
Washington AP reports the July index of prices received by farmers rose 2 percent from June, the first gain since March, led by higher corn wheat hog and broiler prices while cattle, cantaloupes, lettuce and tomatoes fell. Wheat rose to 4.24 a bushel, the decade high, and overall prices for cattle, broilers and calves declined.
The USDA inspector general found that since 1990 at least 2.1 million dollars was paid to 4,288 farmers in 40 states who did not deserve it under the 90 day rule. Auditors urge Congress to drop the rule, noting errors often stem from field office processing and a few keystroke mistakes.
Fair officials set Friday as the cutoff for mail requests with postmark rules. Tickets go on sale by phone and in person August 23, with Select-A-Seat in Wichita. The 1995 fair runs September 8 to 17 featuring six grandstand concerts and various events.
John Deere Inc will build a prototype based on Burr Oak farmer Mark Underwood’s bi rotor threshing system developed with Agri Tech. The design features a slower rotating cage and rotor, a smaller length, fewer moving parts, a larger grain tank, and bulldozer tracks for soft fields with Kansas State University assisting in testing.
Russia emerged as the largest buyer of U.S. poultry in 1994 with about 310 million dollars in purchases, mainly frozen leg quarters, tripling the prior year’s level. Hong Kong also surged as a key transshipment point, reaching 274 million dollars, up 62 percent from 1993.
Ronald Bitts of Melvern topped a statewide Buck-A-Bushel wheat contest run by 580 WIBW Radio in Topeka. Eight winners each receive 250 dollars after entering at one of 60 eastern Kansas locations amid about 2000 entrants statewide.
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