Global farming shifts after mad cow scare prompt new ID plan
The piece warns that BSE fears will reshape American agriculture with a costly national animal identification program. It argues for tough fair trade, reduced panic, and targeted help to small producers while stressing science over emotion and avoidance of false partner blame.
Methane Lease Workshop and Angus Members Named
A Kansas Farm Bureau workshop on methane gas leases for farmers and ranchers is set for January 27 at Celebration Hall with speakers from the Farm Bureau and the U S Geological Survey and free meals by RSVP. Another session will be held in Independence, and two locals were named to the American Angus Association as junior and adult members. The EQIP signup deadline is March 12 with details on federal and state conservation programs and drought rehabilitation efforts across western Kansas.
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Independence
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Tess Ludwick
Ottawa
Evan A. Harris
Wellsville
St. Joseph
U.S. Farm Service Agency
Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Kansas farmers plant fewer wheat acres
Kansas farmers seeded 9.9 million hard red winter wheat acres, down 500000 from last year, amid drought and low moisture. Nationwide a 3 percent drop leaves 43.5 million acres, with substantial declines in the Great Plains and Colorado, as soil moisture and rainfall remained below normal in critical wheat-growing regions.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Eddie Wells
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Texas High Plains
Kass
Northwest
Colorado
West Central
Southwest
Wells
Livestock Prices From Overbrook and National Cattle Summary
Overbrook Livestock report shows feeder steers and heifers with price ranges across weights from 4-500 to 7-800 pounds and notes slaughter cows and bulls steady to higher. National Slaughter Cattle Summary for week ending January 16, 2004 reports higher prices for slaughter cattle, rising boxed beef values, and mixed regional quotes for live and dressed basis cattle, with wholesale cutoff details and USDA cutout values.
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Kansas City
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High Plains
USDA
St. Joseph
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St. Jo
Barrow
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