Kansas dry bean harvest falls 24 percent in 2006
Kansas farmers harvested far fewer dry beans in 2006 with production down 24 percent from 2005, totaling about 210000 hundredweight. Pinto beans remain the main Kansas variety while yields slipped to about 2100 pounds per acre and harvested area dropped to 10000 acres. Researchers noted weather unlikely to be a factor and national production also fell about 11 percent. Final crop numbers, including corn, soybeans, sorghum and wheat seedings, will be released January 12.
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Roxana Hegeman
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Joe Golz
Golz
U.S
Kansas Agency
Feeddlot disease fears threaten market access
The article discusses how foot and mouth disease and bovine viral diarrhea could force immediate market closures, trigger quarantines, and halt interstate movement. It notes risks from spores near perimeters, the impact on international beef trade, and the response plans of feedyards like Cattle Empire to isolate infections and maintain age verification for export.
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Brown
United States
Teagarden
Larry Jones
J O Cattle Co
Jones
Cattle Empire
Kansas State researchers develop bio security risk calculator for feedyards
Kansas State University veterinary medicine researchers led by Aric Brandt, with three colleagues, are creating a Bio security Risk Impact Calculator. Funded by USDA and Kansas Health Department, the computer program surveys feedyard practices on feed handling, cattle handling, security, and visitor access to quantify disease intro risk and impact. Data from 100 feedyards across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and Nebraska will inform the study, with completion expected next June.
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Kansas State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Aric Brandt
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas Health Department
Brandt
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Antibiotics in Livestock Fuel Debate on Resistance and Safety
Cattle carry multiple bacteria in their noses that can cause pneumonia, and stress from transport or feedlot life triggers illness. Farmers worry about antibiotic residues in meat, with FDA waiting periods enforcing discipline. Critics say resistance grows from ongoing use, while studies link animal use to human resistance. Public groups urge reductions, noting medical use also fuels resistance and that resistant bacteria can spread beyond farms via soil and water.
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Hollis
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Government Accountability Office
Center For Science In
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Prolman
General Accounting Office
Ben Cohen
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Iran hosts Holocaust denial conference drew global skeptics
Iran hosted a two day conference with 67 participants from 30 countries including David Duke to debate Holocaust denial. Organizers framed it as scholarly, while Israel’s prime minister called the gathering a sick phenomenon and Western nations mark denial illegal.
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Tehran
Iran
Israel
David Duke
Europe
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Frederick Tober
Toben
Germany
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Austria
France
Ex-dictator Pinochet mourners clash over denied state funeral
Thousands of mourners filled a military ceremony for Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago while clashes left 43 police injured and 99 demonstrators arrested. The government rejected a state funeral citing his forcible rise to power and lack of election victory. Pinochet supporters denounced the decision as mean spirited.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Gen. Pinochet
Francisco Javier Errazuriz
Mexico sends 6500 federal forces to fight drug war
Mexico launches the first major offensive by President Felipe Calderon against drug cartels in Michoacan, deploying more than 6500 troops to halt turf wars, seize traffickers, and burn poppies while Navy ships seal the coast and checkpoints are set up amid a spike in decapitation killings.
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Venta DE Bravo
Mexico
Michoacan
Pacific
United States
Felipe Calderon
Francisco Ramirez Acuna
Calderon
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Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Animal Health
Dwyer
Washington State
Canada
Japan
Food and Drug Administration
Cohen
International News
Cedar
Ottawa
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