Kansas sheep industry in 1998 shows five year decline
Kansas farm statistics show 1998 Jan 1 sheep and lamb inventory at 100,000 head across 1,600 farms, down 17 percent from 1997 and 33 percent from 1995. Breeding stock totaled 70,000, a 12 percent drop, as many older producers retire and wool prices stay weak, with coyotes and small herd sizes amplifying losses. Sedgwick and Reno counties remain the top producers, together about 12.5 percent of state totals. experts cite aging pilots and reduced labor interest as key factors.
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Utchinson
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Kansas Agricultural
Sedgwick
Reno
Clayman
Don van Nostran
Mid State Wool
Hillsdale water quality project faces long road to cleaner lake
Hillsdale Lake shows progress with reduced atrazine though overall pollutant levels remain high and may take 10 to 20 years to reflect current efforts. Streams feeding the lake carry higher pollutants while project funding, including EPA grants and EQIP programs, faces reductions in 1999 and 2000. Five board members were re-elected as the group seeks sustainable funding and public education on water taste and odor.
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Illsdale Lake
Hillsdale Lake
Hillsdale
Jared Bright
New Project
Norman Crisp
Environmental Protection Agency
Region VII
Janet McRae
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Lake Region
John Leigty
Tom Bach
Toni Dringman
Haz-Mat Response Inc
Eric Berlin
Spring Hill
Tony Holt
Call
Community updates on farm program and events in Kansas
The Small Hog Operation Payment program offers payments of five dollars per slaughter hog and one eighty per feeder pig to eligible operators marketing fewer than one thousand hogs in the last half of 1998. Details at the Franklin Dutty Farm Service Agency or call 7852423260. Washington Citizenship Focus selects county students for 2000 program. Club Day set for Feb 20 at Ottawa University with Show and Share for younger 4-H members. Regional Club Day March 20 at Free State High School. Westphalia man Grant Courley named Kansas Crop Improvement Association vice president. Roberta Donohue elected to Kansas Agricultural Seed Council. Equifest of Kansas in Wichita Feb 26-28 features top horse experts. tickets and passes listed.
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Franklin Duhty Farm Service Agency
Ottawa University
Free State High School
Lawrence
Westphalia
Grant Courley
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Kansas Seed and Crops
Manhattan
Roberta Donohue
Greeley
Kansas Agricultural Seed Council
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas Coliseum
Pat Parelli
Francoise Lemaire de Ruffieu
Dennis Callin
Doug Millholland
Cleve Wells
Dean Smith
Durum Wheat Booms on New Crop Insurance Rules
North Dakota farmers are expanding durum plantings as crop revenue coverage offers payments up to 2 dollars per bushel. The change ties payments to durum’s higher price, encouraging growers even outside prime areas and boosting acreage while raising potential costs for taxpayers if yields fall and prices drop.
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Ismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Kevin Knodel
Prairie Cooperative Grain Elevator
Cleveland
N.C
U.S. Agriculture Department
Gene Sonsalla
USDA
Risk Management Agency
Billings
Mont
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Mid States Wool Growers Cooperative
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Janelle Breuel
Stephanie Hays
Lydia Roberts
Scott Driver
Teal Ludwick
Kathryn Sylvester
Abby McNish
Bethany Adams
Randi Thompson
Jennifer Warren
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Midway Machine Shop
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Ovtawa
N. Main
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Kentucky
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United Feature Syndicate
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