Farm Bureau Leaders Honored In Franklin County Kansas
Three Franklin Countians win top Kansas Farm Bureau honors with John Coen Wellsville and Pat Vining Richmond named District II Leaders of the Year. Almeda Edwards repeats for best policy program, and Joyce Wasmund Princeton elected District II Women’s Chair. Edwards and Wasmund are long-time Farm Bureau leaders with dairy operations and community roles.
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Franklin
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Coen
Wellsville
Pat Vining
Richmond
Almeda Edwards
Farm Bureau
Kansas
Joyce Wasmund
Princeton
Kansas Agri-Women
Kansas Park Women
The
American Soybean Association
Edwards
Franklin County
Kenneth
Wasmund
Franklin County Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Leroy
County Farm Bureau
Joint meeting to unify grain groups in Topeka
Three major Kansas grain groups will hold a joint convention December 14 to 16 at the Ramada Downtown Topeka to avoid duplicating meetings. Keynote speakers include Merrill Oster of Pro- Farmer and Orion Samuelson of WGN. Leaders urge farmers to preregister by December 7 and note separate hotel bookings.
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Topeka
Topeka Ramada
Jeff Casten
Quenemo
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Kansas Corn Producers Association
Kansas Soybean Association
Casten
Merrill Oster
Pro- Farmer
Orion Samuelson
WGN Radio
Chicago
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
KSA
Kansas Feed Grains
Roy Smith
Soybean Development Foundation
Plattsmouth
Neb
ESA
Allen A. Terhaar
U.S. Feed Grains Council
Washington, D.C
Brownback Withdraws From Controversial Areas
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Sam Brownback faces media questions at a congressional field hearing amid a controversial stance on absentee landowners and federal farm payments. He deflects on policy questions, saying his board cannot influence federal actions, reflecting a shift toward a more active, less regulatory agency role.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
Kansas Ag
Sam Brownback
U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Brownback
Kansas
State Department
John Carlin
Lois Schlickau
Haven
Mike Hayden
Jack Beauchamp
Kansas Soil Survey Completion Sparks Statewide Celebration
The Kansas soil mapping project is finished, hailed by Sheila Leiker of the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts at the 43rd KACD gathering in Wichita. The survey covers all 52 million acres, aiding farmers and developers, with the last acre ceremony in Washington County and reports due in 1990. Franklin County’s survey appeared in 1982, and free copies are available at the local joint office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Sheila Leiker
Kansas Association of Conservation Districts
KACD
Wichita
Hamilton County
Washington County
Franklin County Survey
Franklin County Conservation District and
Soil Conservation Service Joint Office
New Broker Joins Edward D Jones Office in Springfield
Ken Chymiak, a Rolla, Missouri native with extensive commercial real estate and auto dealer background, becomes investment representative at Edward D Jones & Co in Springfield. He replaces Rick Peoples, has held dealership ventures in Boliver and Greencastle, served on Rolla city council, budget committee, and Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, is a Vietnam veteran, and has a daughter Nikki and wife Susan who worked with Missouri Family Services.
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Missouri
Edward D. Jones & Co
E. Second
Ken Chymiak
Rolla, Mo
Jones
Rick Peoples
Chymiak
Chrysler
Boliver
Greencastle
Ind
Springfield
Rolla
Chamber of Commerce
Susan
Nikki
Missouri Division of Family Services
Farm income may dip slightly in 1988
The Agriculture Department forecast 1988 cash income for farmers at 55 to 60 billion dollars versus 1987’s 56 to 58 billion. Net income is seen at 40 to 45 billion, with prices rising 2 to 4 percent next year. The projections were delivered at the start of the three day Agricultural Outlook Conference chaired by James R. Donald.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Capitol Hill
Richard B. Lyng
USDA
Larry Chimerine
James R. Donald
World Agricultural Outlook Board
Donald
Kansas farm prices dip 3 percent from Oct to Nov
Kansas farmers saw a 3 percent price drop from October to November. Hogs led the fall, with all hog prices at 39.20 per hundredweight, down 8.70 from October and 12.60 from November 1986. Beef cattle, calves, and other livestock posted declines or gains as wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans showed mixed changes from October and year-ago levels.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
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Coen
Gerald
May Anderson
Mid-America Dairyman Association
Vining
Gene
Kansas Bankers Conservation Award
Friends of K
Counties
Nebraska
Ramada
Jay Anderson
Hubbard Lumber Co
King
Mid-America Lumbermens Association
Manhattan
Ottawa
Brownbagh
Buddy
Croucher
Abstract & Co
Jeanette Croucher
West
Kansas Soil Survey
Albert Dunbar
Dorothy
Phyllis Rossman
Herman Norwood
Bud Davis
Lake Region
Rc&d
E. D. Jones
Foot & Ankle Clinic
8. D. Johnson
M. Landry
Olathe
Jim Hogan
W. Tecumseh
Farm Bureau Insurance
City of Ottawa Department of Utilities
City of
Shelden
Arrow
Pleetway
Jaymar Sansabelt
Haggar
Hanes
Simon
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