New Seed Certification Form Cuts Paperwork Burden
The Kansas Crop Improvement Association unveils a Declaration of Certifiable Seed Fields replacing field inspection forms for 1982. It consolidates listings, delays fees to KCIA, and returns a Field Inspection Application for review, with due dates March 15 for wheat and small grains and July 15 for soybeans and sorghum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Bozworth
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
UKCIA
ECIA
Lowell Burchett
KCIA
Kurehelt
Call Hall
Kansas State University
Farm Wild Turkey Project Gaining
District Wildlife Biologist Bob Culbertson discusses Kansas efforts to reintroduce the Eastern wild turkey, detailing origin, release sites Coffey Woodson Neosho Franklin Wilson Counties and the need to protect habitats. He notes potential challenges from habitat loss poaching and farmed birds and outlines planned hunting after population expansion.
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Bob Culbertson
New Strawn
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Arkansas River
Texas
Ozarks
Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation
Coffey
Woodson
Neosho
Franklin
Wilson Counties
Franklin County
Wilson County
Anderson County
Fish and Game Commission
Terrace System Helpful By Frank Mercurio Engineer
Terraces are used for erosion control on cropland with grassed waterways. The tile or underground outlet terrace stores runoff briefly before release, offering reduced maintenance and potential water quality benefits but higher initial costs and deeper cuts unsuitable for shallow soils.
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Frank Mercurio
SCS
Answers Varied For Ag Economy
Washington reports six state Grange leaders split on farming health with views ranging from shaky and marginal to terrible. They urge action on access to markets, loan support, lower interest rates, and more cooperation while noting regional hits in broilers, lumber, rail costs, and overproduction.
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Washington, D.C
Grange
Jack Silvers
Washington State Grange
Jeanne Davies
Colorado
New England
James Shores
Maine State Grange
Ed Moody
Kansas State Gannge
Kansas
David Stockman
OMB
John Block
Block
Lloyd Massey
North Carolina State Grange
Massey
Charles Wismer
Pennsylvania
State Grange
FBI linked to Clearwater commodity fraud operation
Bobby Howell testified that a commodity fraud ring operated next to the FBI office in Clearwater for over a year. He described forging sales of more than 1.3 million dollars to 156 investors in 26 states, with funds moved to the Cayman Islands. The scheme prompted a push for expanded state policing of the industry.
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Paul Ohlenbusch
Ohlenbusch
KSU
Washington
FBI
Clearwater
Fla
Bobby Howell
Howell
Senate
Chicago
Jefferson National Investment Corp
Cayman Islands
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Hutchinson Grain & Lumber
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Acco Paymaster
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Ralph. Kenberry
Pomona
Steve Froggate
Princeton, Kansas
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Eddie
Dole
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