Make Sure Cattle Gain to Keep Profits In Picture
Kansas State University beef nutritionist Gerry Kuhl warns that profits hinge on a minimum gain of about 1.5 pounds daily in grower programs. He stresses strict cost control, optimal feed mixes, and quick on-feed decisions to weather high costs and volatile cattle prices.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Gerry Kuhl
Kuhl
AGNET
Kansas
Lawrence Soybean Profit Seminar Set In Douglas County
Lawrence hosts a full day Soybean Profit Seminar for growers and prospective growers on February 10 at Douglas County Fairgrounds. The event, starting 9 a.m., features University and Kansas soybean officials, with topics on new varieties, cultural practices, seed quality, fertility, harvest, weed control, and economics. Oat trials and planting dates near Ottawa inform regional yields.
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Robert W. Bozworth
Lawrence
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Harper St
Earl van Meter
Douglas County
Kansas Soybean Association
Kansas Soybean Commission
Jim Shroyer
Larry Bonczkowski
David Whitney
David Pacey
Oliver Russ
Orlen Grunewald
Kansas State University
KSA
KSC
Hiawatha
Emporia
Fort Scott
Clay Center
McPherson
Dodge City
Larry
Lang
Bates
Pettis
Trio
Ottawa
A. Lang
Spear
Powhattan
Rossville
Kansas State Cattlemen's Day Links Beef Future to 82 Question
At Kansas State University Manhattan on Friday March 5 cattlemen explore What to Do in 82 theme. Registration opens 8 a.m. in Weber Arena with a Sorting Chute help desk and numerous exhibits. The program features 60 Minutes on KSU Beef Research, topics on forage amendments, feed efficiency, silage comparisons, and beef promotion plans.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Keith Zoellner
KSU
Weber Arena
Weber Hall Arena
Fred Sobering
Cooperative Extension Service
Harlan Oltsen
Gerry Kunl
Erle Bartley
Ed Smith
Keith Bolsen
Mark Spire
Kansas
Orlen Grunewald
Dell Allen
Larry Corah
Rich McKee
Kansas Beef Council
Ed Price
Safeway Stores Inc
Harold Engle Jr
Madison
Kan
Cattleman
KSA
Bill Able
Agriculture Research Must Help Meet Food Demand
KEARNEY NEB An agricultural research leader questions future U S food abundance as demand rises about 3.0 to 3.2 percent yearly while farm productivity growth slows. Paul J Fitzgerald USDA ARS North Central notes scientists can meet the challenge. ARS released 365 new crop varieties and 284 genetic lines from 1980 to 1981, including an alfalfa line resistant to five diseases and two insects.
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Kearney
Neb
United States
Paul J. Fitzgerald
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
North Central States
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Fitzgerald
Manhattan
Kan
Colorado
Central Great Plains
St. Paul
Minn
Madison
Wis
Basis Drives Market and Hedging In Agriculture
An economist explains that basis, the gap between futures at Chicago and local cash markets, governs trading decisions and hedging in livestock and grains. He notes storage, transport, and costs shape basis forecasts, with charts aiding farmers to plan, while new plant varieties and gene transfer research promise future gains.
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Mike Sands
Chicago
Sands
Illinois
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
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