K State outlines five year plan for public outreach
Kansas State University directors unveil a five year work plan for the Ag Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service now known as K State Research and Extension. The plan focuses on public awareness, better service delivery, and four mission themes including youth and community development, food and nutrition, and natural resources management.
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Mmopeka
Kansas State University
Agriculture Experiment Station
Cooperative Extension Service
Marc Johnson
K-State
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Johnson
Ag Experiment Station
University of Kansas
K-State Research and Extension
State extension plans adapt to new issues
Richard Wootton says services will stay flexible to respond to new issues. Johnson notes concern over quality review of land grant research and citizen input during reauthorization debates. K State, the nation's oldest land grant, has peer reviews and aims to increase state resident input via an extension advisory council.
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Richard Wootton
Johnson
K-State
USDA aims to save small farms amid centralization big firms
A federal commission reports American farming has declined by 300,000 in twenty years as large agribusiness grows, urging swift action. It cites 94 percent of farms as small yet accounting for 41 percent of receipts, and warns environmental harm and reduced competition from centralized meat and grain operations. Recommendations include funding for family farms, cooperative markets, a beginning farmer program, a small farms administrator, and policy fixes to curb excessive profits by processors.
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Curt Anderson
Washington
Federal Commission
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Glickman
America
Harold Volkmer
Commission
Agriculture Department
One Stop USDA Service Center Improves Franklin County
The Franklin County Conservation District joins the USDA in a national one stop service center. Agencies share staff, phone systems, and newsletters to boost coordination. Center staff invite visitors to Ottawa’s 107 East 23rd to learn about conservation programs and improved customer service.
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Ascs & Fmha
Natural Resources Conservation Service
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The
Conservation District
USDA
David Hornung
Shirley Gilges
Sharon Shields
Russell Warner
FSA
Eric Guenther
Stacy Kull
Jane Parks
Tammy Nichols
Herman Norwood
Phyllis Rossman
Kent Scott
Brian Alderman
Usda Service Center
Ottawa
Service
Housing Starts Fall in December as Builders Cool
Washington AP reports housing starts dropped 0.8 percent in December to a 1.52 million annual rate, ending a string of gains helped by low mortgage rates. The Labor Department shows unemployment benefit applications fell by 13,000 to 326,000, despite signs of cooling in the labor market.
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Washington
Ment
Labor Department
Iowa hog farmers press for leaner pork in beans
Iowa farmers urged pork makers to lean the pork in canned beans. Man chester farmer Gary Helm richs led a resolution at the Iowa Pork Producers Association meeting calling for lean meat and possible removal of the word pork from labels. Officials said changes were unlikely.
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Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Manchester
Gary Helmrichs
Helmrichs
Association
Iowa Pork Group
National Producers Council
State Agriculture Department
Federal Food and Drug Administration
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