Good Management Keeps Kansas Dairymen At Top
Kansas ranks first in the Mid-States in dairy production due to top management practices. Dick Dunham, Kansas State University Extension dairy specialist, cited predicted difference, artificial insemination, and synchronized breeding. The state ranks 25th nationally. Dunham spoke at the joint Franklin and Douglas Franklin Dairy Herd Improvement Association meeting at Ottawa University Tuesday.
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Diane Yeamans
Kansas
Mid-States
Dick Duhham
Kansas State University Extension
Dunham
Franklin and Douglas-Franklin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ottawa University
Durham advocates PD in breeding for top milk quality
Durham stresses predicted difference PD guides breeding to maximize milk output. He notes farmers often skip AI choosing bulls with lower PD to ease handling of dairy heifers. He insists heifers be the best quality animals on the farm.
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Durham
Dunham
Milk Production Keyed To Good Nutrition Program
Dairy expert Dick Dunham of Kansas State University stresses proper nutrition for high milk output. He notes forage quality affects digestion and intake, with alfalfa varieties impacting yields. He warns on iodine levels, favors controlled minerals, revises grain mixes, and cites dairy board election results in Franklin and Douglas-Franklin DHIA associations.
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Dick Dunham
Kansas _ State University Extension
DHIA
Dunham
Franklin County
Billy Woods
Gerald Anderson
Everett Wray
Harry Sundstrom
Vernon Stewart
Douglas-Franklin Dhia
Merle Fleming
Bob Morrison
Bob Russell
Harlan Page
Donations To KSU Dairy Herd Expansion Project
Area dairymen donate to the Kansas State University Dairy Herd Expansion Project listing Bitts Dairy Farm Melvyern Dillon Brothers Pomona Wayne and Lois Flory and Sons Baldwin Elwin Henry Ottawa Charles and Chip Hornberger Baldwin Kenneth and Marilyn Hubbard Baldwin Mr and Mrs Melvin Jamison Ottawa Mr and Mrs H Arlen Jones Pomona Vernon L Stewart Ottawa Sundstrom Farms Ottawa Sunny Slope Farm Taul Dairy and Butell Dairy Baldwin and Dale Van Horn Wellsville. Discussion covers breeding best with best, PD trends since 1974, hot water semen thawing with higher conception, PGF synchronization methods, and labor savings with estrus management.
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Kansas State University
Bitts
Melvyern
Dillon Brothers
Pomona
Wayne and Lois Flory
Butell Dairy
Baldwin
Dale van Horn
Wellsville
Cutworms Surface Early In Season
Kansas farmers should watch for army cutworms as it marks the start of the growing season. Army cutworms breed in alfalfa and wheat fields, with eggs laid in fall and larvae feeding in spring before pupating. Outlook for 1980 remains uncertain. heavy crop damage possible if four to five cutworms per square foot in wheat or one to two per square foot in alfalfa appear, prompting insecticide use per local guidance.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Robert Bauernfeind
Bauernfeind
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Changes debated on foreign ownership reporting rules
The Agriculture Department weighs modifications to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to ease reporting for foreign owners of homesites and recreation land. Proposals would exempt agricultural forestry and timber parcels of 10 acres or less, while keeping the $1,000 annual sales threshold for other parcels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Kansas Farm Bureau Sponsors New Design Contest
The Kansas Farm Bureau and its women's department sponsor a contest titled A Sign of the Times. Kansas Farm Bureau members design an 8 by 11 inch outline of Kansas featuring the KFB sunflower logo and the words Your County Farm Bureau or Kansas Farm Bureau. Entrants must print name address and county on the back and send entries to 2321 Anderson Ave Manhattan Kan 66502 by February 15. Prizes will be awarded at the Spring Conference March 18-19 in Manhattan.
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Kansas Farm Bureau
KFB Women’s Department
Kansas
KFB Sunflower
Farm Bureau
Kansas Farm Bureau Women’s Department
Anderson Ave
Manhattan
Kan
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Kansas Dairymen
Food and Drug Administration
By Dhias
KSU
USDA
Quidon
Rigid Form, Inc
Richmond
KFB
Jim Clark Motors
Lawrence Auto Plaza
Iowa
Yanmar
Varouo
Wwe
Pioneer
Ottawa
Princeton Grain Co
Princeton, Ks
Rer
James Driver
Dale
Percy van Horn
Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn CO
Coon Rapids
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
Des Moines
U.S.A
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