Senate panel weighs corporate hog farming in Kansas
The Senate Agriculture Committee examined a bill to allow corporate hog farming in Kansas. Gov. Finney vetoed a similar measure last session citing family farm survival. Seaboard Corp plans a Oklahoma processing plant in Guymon to buy Kansas hogs, with four million hogs yearly and 40 million bushels of grain usage. opponents warn small farmers could be driven out and blocked from markets. The committee continued hearings.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Kansas
Joan Finney
Seaboard Corp
Rick Hoffman
Oklahoma
Ukan
Guymon
Okla
Vaughn Woolf
Kansas Independent Pork Producers
Senate Committee
Smaller dairies sold anyway, House panel told
Kansas legislators heard evidence that allowing corporate dairy operations could hurt small family farms though many diminutive dairies are already disappearing. Hillsboro mayor Delores Dalke cited Marion County losses from 72 herds in 1983 to 60 in 1993 and six losses in the past year. Associations claim larger dairies lower costs and may shift milk sourcing to Kansas producers if counties vote to permit bigger plants. The committee heard opposing views and took no action on the bill.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
Delores Dalke
Hillsboro
Marion County
Associated Milk Producers
Dallie
Nomic Development Coalition
California
Butler
Tobacco farm lobby protests Clinton plan
About a thousand tobacco growers and cigarette workers rallied outside the Capitol to oppose President Clinton's proposed tax increase on tobacco to fund health care. Farmers warned higher taxes could slash demand, hurt family incomes, and ruin generations of tobacco land, while lawmakers argued the tax would finance reform.
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Ashington
Clinton
Tom Barlow
D-ay
North Carolina
Tobacco Companies
Rex Paschal
Bernice
American
Capitol
Lewis Payne
D-Va
Hollywood
South Carolina
Kentucky
Pat James
Mie
N.C
Patsy Spain
Greenville
Farmers Tax Guides and Mid-Am Dairymen News
The 1993 Kansas State University extension tax guides are available at Franklin County Extension Office for farmers. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. distributes 7.7 million dollars in equity to over 13 000 members, with prior distributions totaling 13.4 million in the past year. The dairy cooperative operates in 17 states and runs a cheese and dairy supply store on Main Street. A new history book, Improving Rural Lives, covers Kansas Farm Bureau history from 1912 to 1992 and is offered for 27.61 dollars plus shipping, with additional discounts for multiple copies.
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Kansas State University Extension Service
Franklin County
S. Main
Mid-Am Dairy
Springfield
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
Mid-Am
Ivan Strickler
Iola
Dairy Marketing Cooperative
Mid- Am
Farm Bureau
Manhattan
Kansas
Gordon Hibbard
KFB
Kansas State University
Doyle Rahjes
Thomas D. van Sant
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kan
Understanding Farm Lease Types and Termination in Kansas
This overview explains cash, crop share, and livestock leases for Kansas farms, the role of written contracts, and how Kansas statutes affect oral leases. It details notice to terminate tenancy, fixed March 1 termination, and special rules for fall seeded grain crops. Registered mail with a receipt is advised.
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Kansas
Administration proposes new wood-import rules
Washington AP The Clinton administration would make permanent and expand rules guarding raw timber imports to protect U.S. forests from pests. Logs must be bark free and fumigated, with cargo areas below deck. applies to lumber chips and some packing materials. Public hearings planned in Oregon and Washington, DC.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
Clinton
United States
Glen Lee
Agriculture Department
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
U.S
APHIS
Chile
New Zealand
Siberia
USDA
Oregon
Washington, D.C
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Hill’s
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Iowa
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