Ag department to ease repayment of advance subsidies
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman outlined potential relief allowing farmers up to three years to repay 1.7 billion dollars in advance subsidies issued before prices rose. The move follows Democratic and GOP negotiations on farm aid, price protections, and a shift toward subsidies based on price differentials.
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Ag Department
Ashington
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Senate Democrats
Agriculture Department
Clinton
Congressional
Republicans
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Collin Peterson
Minnesota
Peterson
Dorgan
House Agriculture Committee
Glickman
Roberts
Senate
Phosphorus shortage hinders cool season grass pastures
Yard and pasture managers often report underperforming cool season grasses like fescue and brome. Soil tests show low phosphorus, a common result of years of nitrogen-only fertilization, reducing production and inviting weeds. Apply phosphorus to restore yields. if resources are tight, cut nitrogen rates to free phosphorus.
Rural housing loans boost Kansas program reach
Kansas will guarantee more than 17 million dollars in rural housing loans this fiscal year, with 90 plus lenders processing loans for modest residences in towns under 20 000 in rural areas and under 10 000 in metropolitan areas. Some counties allow higher prices, and up to 100 percent financing is possible with no down payment.
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Kansas
William M. Kirk
Rural Economic and Community Development
RECD
Johnson
Leavenworth
Miami
Wyandotte
Butler
Harvey
Sedgwick
Shawnee
REDD
Farmers Home Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
KSU
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Randy Phobus
KSA
Animal Science
Farm Bureau
Wichita
Jeffrey Casten
Howard Woodbury
Quenemo
Almeda Edwards
Harlan Page
Theron Wray
Ottawa
Donna Eichenberger
Pomona
Franklin County
Kansas Farm Bureau
Beech
KFB
Gary Hall
Pat Roberts
Extension programs scheduled in January at ARNETT
The yee County Extension office announces two new programs starting January. On January 8 a session on Using Quicken for Farm Bookkeeping will be held at 6 p.m. at Anderson County Junior/Senior High School Garnett for farmers and spouses. Preregistration is required due to limited space. contact the Extension office at (913) 448-6826. Also beginning January 8 a monthly quilt workshop led by local quilter Doris Null runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Monday. Preregistration is $30 due by month end, with the remaining $30 due at the first class. Materials lists provided at preregistration.
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Arnett
Yee County
Anderson County
Garnett
Quicken
Doris Null
Iowa pork producers see big drop in membership
Nearly 1,300 growers left the Iowa Pork Producers Association in a year, reflecting farmers’ unhappiness with its factory hog lots oriented agenda. Membership fell 11 percent to about 12,000 as hog producers statewide declined from 33,000 in 1993 to 29,000 in 1994, while small farmers formed Friends of Rural America.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Harlan Meyer
Sac City
Association
Meyer
Friends of Rural America
Pork Producers Association
Iowa
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R-Kan
Tom Hemmer
USDA
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House
By Darren Hibdon
Franklin County Extension
USA
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Downtown Lawrence Association
Chet
Lowrance Humane Society
Massachusetts
Dan
Agco Hesston
Las Vegas
McConnell Machinery Co., Inc
AGCO
Anco News Service
Pork Producers Show
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