New Grazing Method Boosts Grass on Kirkham Ranch
Lynn and Phil Kirkham in Kansas use Holistic Range Management developed by Allan Savory to double stocking rates while improving pastures. They split 3.5 sections into six pastures, plan to expand to 12 14 units, and emphasize rest periods to let grass recover. Savory argues concentrated grazing benefits brittle western environments.
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Wendell Kirkham
Kansas Prairie
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Lynn
Phil Kirkham
Allan Savory
Savory
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Hurting Ag Economy Will Cost Many Jobs
A study by FAPRI and Wharton Econometrics warns that farm debt and potential loan losses threaten the broader U S economy. With 175000 to 275000 jobs at risk by 1989, higher short and long term interest rates loom, and federal debt could rise, prompting calls for early comprehensive measures to stabilize farm incomes and avert a wider economic shock.
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Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
U.S
Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute
FAPRI
Iowa
Missouri
Farm Journal Magazine
Wharton Econometrics
Congress
Abner Womack
University of Missouri
Womack
Local Fall Field Day Offers Diverse Program Aug 20
East Central Experiment Field hosts a fall field day on Tuesday August 20 at 9 30 a m across from Ottawa Municipal Airport. Topics include ridge tillage soybean varieties trizine sensitivity sorghum herbicides nitrogen placement and no till sorghum with a commercial panel reviewing new products and label changes. Free lunch provided. seedling trees available for windbreaks wildlife planting or Christmas trees at 25 dollars per 30 with orders through November 15. Also notes unusually high horsefly activity and guidance on control with Permectrin products to protect livestock.
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Robert W. Bozworth
East Central Experiment Field
Ottawa Municipal
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