Ag future in new products surfboards local ag plan
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Sam Brownback urged farmers to ride an environmental wave toward new products from crops at the Agriculture Conservation and the Environment conference. He noted ethanol and biodegradable plastics, the Value Added Processing Center, and Kansas rising in export value, while drought and 1980s debt woes shape forecasts for the 1990s. Gov Hayden pressed Congress for flexible 1990 farm bill crop substitutions to align farming with market demand.
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Michael Bates
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Agriculture
Sam Brownback
Agriculture, Conservation and
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Brownback
Congress
Dole backs crop insurance over disaster relief
At the Kansas State Board of Agriculture meeting Dole argued for crop insurance to replace yearly disaster aid. He noted Florida citrus issues and cited political risks in dropping insurance. Economists cited a 12,000 farmer poll. 1,200 Kansans responded, showing mixed support for insurance vs disaster relief.
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Dole
Kansas State Board of Agri
Florida
Barry Flinchbaugh
Kansas State University
Flinchbaugh
United States
Soybeans May Join 1990 Farm Bill Programs
Rep Dan Glickman predicted at the Kansas State Board of Agriculture meeting that soybeans will be brought under commodity programs in the 1990 farm bill for the first time. He noted current loans exist but are rarely used as they lag market prices.
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Ray Hemman
Hutchinson News
Harris News
Topeka
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Glickman
U.S. Agriculture
Clayton Yeutter
American Soybean Association
Yeutter
Bob Dole
Pat Roberts
Grain prices expected to fall threaten cash grain farmers
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports USDA analysts warn traditional cash grain farmers, especially wheat and corn producers, face financial strain as corn prices could drop about 50 cents a bushel from 1990 Q2 to 1990 Q4. Forecasts show net cash income above $50 billion in 1990 despite potential price drops.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Gregory Hanson
Department
Economic Research Service
Hanson
Usda Agency
Congress
USDA
Conservation dinner and meeting set for Feb 1
Franklin County Conservation District announces its annual banquet and meeting at Celebration Hall on the Fairgrounds West 17th Street. Dinner hosted by the Franklin County Bankers Association. election of two supervisors and awards for soil and wildlife habitat work. Three evening programs replace Agronomy Day, covering crop production herbicides and pasture management at 7 and 7:30 p.m. with lectures by Kilgore Regehr Whitney and others on alternative crops herbicides pasture topics and pasture efficiency.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Celebration Hall
Franklin County Fairgrounds
West 17Th Street
Franklin County Bankers Association
Gary Kilgore
Southeast
Kansas
New Farm Marketing Group Formed in Franklin County
The Franklin County Farm Bureau marketing committee and Extension Council organize a new farm marketing group to study marketing plans, alternatives, and the use of futures and options in pricing commodities. Open to farmers and landowners. contact Charles Neal at 746-5670 or the Extension Office at 242-3166.
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Franklin County Farm Bureau Marketing Committee
Franklin County Extension Council
Charles Neal
Franklin County
Hog Plant to Close in Arkansas City on April Six
Hog slaughtering at the Arkansas City facility will end April 6. John Morrell and Co announced it will shut the plant but continue purchasing hogs at existing rates, possibly increasing them, with shipments of hogs to other Morrell plants for slaughter. The closing stems from industry competition and local hog supply, while renovations to handle more hogs were completed before the shutdown. A soybean profit seminar is planned for Feb 14 at Celebration Fairgrounds starting 10 am with commercial displays.
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John Morrell and ‘Co
Arkansas City
iWan
John Morrell
Morrell
Celebration Hall
Franklin County Fairgrounds
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Ag Future
Mike Hayden
Paul Hays
W. Tecumseh
Ottawa
Farm Bureau Insurance
Kansas State Bank
KOFO
Branson
Bex
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ud & Bikey
Kilgore
Dave Regehr
Dennis Kuhlman
Extension Service
Frank Brazle
Manhattan
Ark City Parking Co
Kile Equipment Co
Uraceman
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