Osage NRCS and FSA offices move to Lyndon
Osage County officials report the NRCS and OCFS have relocated to Lyndon at 115 W. 17th St. in a move part of a nationwide USDA consolidation. The Osage City site closed November 7, with no job losses. Johnson County loses an office. others relocate for one stop service and cost savings.
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Ynlin
Osage County
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Osage City
Lyndon
Jeff Hart
NRCS
Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Agriculture
Mike Espy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Osage County Farm Services
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
OCFS
W. 17Th St
FSA
Hart
SCS
ASCS
Kansas
Adrian Polansky
Farm Service Agency
Johnson County
Polansky
Paola
Allen
Cherokee
Crawford
Greenwood
Harper
Kiowa
Labette
Atchison
Franklin County FSA election rescheduled due to USDA reorganization
Franklin County Farm Service Agency elections are pushed to next fall after USDA reorganization. Acting executive director David A. Hornung said the nationwide delay follows new regulations. Existing FSA committee members will stay in place until the postponed vote.
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FSA
Polansky
Franklin County
Farm Service Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
David A. Hornung
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Farmers Home Administration
Hornung
KAWG
Roberts
Vigilance
Wichita
Kan
Vance Ehmke
Lane County
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Ehmke
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
House Agriculture Committee
Great Plains
Congress
Washington
Crop residue as winter feed for cows in Kansas
Cattle producers in East Central Kansas may cut costs by using crop residue, especially milo stubble, as a winter roughage. Stocking milo at about 1/4 acre per cow per month with protein supplements of 0.5 to 1.0 pounds is common. fencing advances and renting residue fields from neighbors offer affordable options amid rising hay prices.
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Kansas
Genetic mapping to aid livestock breeding gains momentum
U S researchers report advances in chromosome mapping for cows pigs and soon sheep. Maps released online in April enable global access via computers. Center researchers aim to speed trait identification, enhance disease resistance and preserve genetic diversity while expanding marker saturation across cattle sheep and swine genomes.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center
Neb
USDA
Agricultural Research Magazine
Ing
Larry Cundiff
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