Agronomy Day Offers Grain Varieties and Weed Control Tips
Kansas farmers should obtain performance tests from extension offices to guide variety selection. Extension agronomist Jim Schroyer highlights Larry as top for the area, with Lang and Bates as alternatives, plus notes on oat forage use and lodging. soybeans, corn, and alfalfa varieties are reviewed, LSD factors explained, and weed control plans urged, including Round-Up availability and spraying timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Kansas
Jim Schroyer
Extension Agronomist
Larry
Lang
Shroyer
Bates
Missouri
East Central Kansas Experiment Station
Ottawa
Kansas State
Sparks
Troy
Williams
Union
Douglas
Ray DeJulio
Franklin County
Agronomy Day
Dow
Ives
Wheat planting aid from new semi-dwarf wheat variety
Area farmers heard Kansas State University agronomists discuss a new short tall wheat type. The aim is a longer coleoptile to tolerate deeper planting and improve stand longevity. This variety would balance short plant height with a taller shoot to ease planting depth challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Jim Shroyer
Kansas State University
Animal welfare debate favors confinement gains in livestock care
University of Illinois animal scientist Stanley E Curtis addressed the Formula Feed Conference at Kansas State University on January 26, arguing intensive production systems offer animal welfare advantages while acknowledging ongoing abuse concerns. He warned the public and industry to base policy on science, not sentiment, and called for education and screening to curb mistreatment, while defending current systems as overall beneficial when well managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
University of Ilinois
Stanley E. Curtis
Kansas State University
Animal Welfare
Curtis
Thomas Kumbly
Grumbly
Food and Drug Administration
House Oversight Committee
Ruth Harrison
England
Alex Herschaft
Vegetarian Information Service
U.S
Animal Liberation
Peter Singer
Singer
Jim Mason
Michael Fox
Institute For the Study of Animal Problems
Humane Society of the
Fox
Kansas Soybean Profit Seminars Planned Nationwide 1982
Plans finalize for the Kansas Soybean Profit Seminars to be held February and March across the state. Sponsored by the Kansas Soybean Association the Kansas Soybean Commission and the Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service. The Lawrence session is February 10 at Douglas County Fairgrounds Building 21. Contact Bob Palmateer 913-843-8685. Sessions run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Luncheon provided by agribusinesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Quality
Larry Hoescher
West Agro Chemical Co
Kansas Mastitis Council
Manhattan
Dick Dunham
Kansas State University
W.L. Cole
Ottawa
Hoescher
KSU Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Soybean Association
Kansas Soybean Commission
Soil tests urged to guide fertilizer needs by agronomist
Gary Kilgore, area Extension agronomist, urged area farmers to use soil tests to determine fertilizer needs. He warned excess nitrogen yields little profit, noted wheat protein economics, and recommended knifed fertilizer with proper depth. He cautioned about runoff on thawing snow and advised banding in no till to match root zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Kilgore
Kilgore
Insect Outlook for Spring Alarms in Kansas Fields
Agronomist Gary Kilgore updates farmers on potential spring insect problems. Chinch bugs expected by mid March with low numbers hoped, greenbugs in wheat prompted by late fall scares, Bio type E showing resistance patterns, alfalfa weevil likely to surge next spring, and control ideas include grazing off late cuts and careful burning to protect moist soils and prevent deep damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Kilgore
Kilgore
Kansas
Texas
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Pattis
Trio
Lodi
Sumac
Atlas
Thistle
Tle
DeJulio
Drumright
A.ws
Croucher Abstract & Tite Co
Jeanette Croucher
Shelter Life Insurance Company
Neil Satterlee
West
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