Winter Warmth and Weather Notes From Hutchinson
A Hutchinson correspondent recalls waking to seven degrees, noting plans to heat homes and vehicles, and reports that cloud cover helped avoid harsher lows. Accu Weather forecasts a warm-up above normal next week, but warns winter remains possible with historic sub zero dates. School Lunch Week is announced with Kansas producers urged to showcase local agricultural products and beef education materials.
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Atchinson
Peggy
Hutchinson News
Accu-Weather
Hutchinson
Kansas
Fertilizing cool season grasses guides nitrogen split plan
For cool season pastures, determine nitrogen form by conditions, target 100–110 lb N per acre for a 3 ton yield, and split applications with 65 lb N in late winter and 45 lb N in late summer. Phosphorus and potassium should be soil-tested and applied with late summer N. Warm season grasses not fertilized now. Contact County Extension for details. Two local meetings listed: Feb 15 Douglas-Franklin Dairy Herd annual meeting at 10:30 a.m. in Ottawa, and Feb 17 Agronomy Day 10 a.m.–3 p.m. reservations 242-3166.
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Ball Park
Douglas-Franklin Dairy Herd
Franklin County Annex
Ottawa
Franklin County Conservation District meets January 27
The 53rd annual Franklin County Conservation District meeting will be held at 6 30 p m next Thursday at Celebration Hall on the Franklin County Fairgrounds West 7th Street A meal will be served by the Franklin County Bankers Association Two district supervisors will be elected A Kansas Bankers Association Soil Conservation Award ceremony will honor poster limerick and essay winners Reservations by Monday at the district office or by phone Area students on the Kansas State University Livestock Judging Team include Thad Combs Doug Peine and Aaron Higbie with honors at Fort Worth Houston Wichita Kansas City Denver San Francisco Louisville and other events.
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Soil Conservation Awards
Jim Minnerath
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Houston
Texas
Wichita
Kansas City
Aaron Higbie
Williamsburg
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Calif
Louisville
House approves water bills in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas the House approved two water conservation measures. One creates a loan fund for communities to upgrade water systems. The other authorizes state purchase of water storage capacity in five federal reservoirs using bonds or idle funds. Both move to the Senate.
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Topeka, Kan
Senate
USDA lowers feed grain production estimate in Jan update
The Agriculture Department revises down 1993 U.S. feed grain output to 187.3 million tons, a 3% drop from November and 33% below the 1992 peak. Corn leading declines due to reduced harvested area and lower yields, with sorghum, barley, and oats also trimmed amid late harvests and cool damp weather.
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Ashington W AP
Agriculture Department
U.S
USDA
Economic Research Service
Kansas
Texas
North Dakota
Montana
Kansas Angus Futurity Heads to Hutchinson for 39th Event
Angus breeders from across Kansas converge on Hutchinson for the 39th Kansas Angus Futurity at the State Fairgrounds. The two day event features an open show, a Kansas Junior Angus Association show, a judging contest, and a banquet at the Ramada Inn with an expected 300 attendees. Officers will be elected at the association meeting Friday afternoon.
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Kansas Angus Association
United States
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Victoria
Hutchinson Ramada Inn
Lindell
Fairgrounds
Ramada
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