Franklin County Conservation District to hold annual meeting
The Franklin County Conservation District annual meeting is set for Thursday February 1 at Celebration Hall on Franklin County Fair grounds West 17th Street. Dinner by the Franklin County Bankers Association begins at 7 pm followed by a business progress report election of two supervisors and awards from the Kansas Bankers Association for Soil and Wildlife Conservation. Jan Clark of Eugene Field School will present an Ag in the Classroom program.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Celebration Hall
Franklin County Fairgrounds
West 17Th Street
Franklin County Bankers Association
Kansas Bankers Association
Jan Clark
Eugene Field School
Jon Ag
Franklin County winners in poster essay and limerick contests
Eleven elementary pupils win prizes at the Franklin County Conservation District annual meeting and banquet. From 149 entries, seven fifth graders at Eugene Field School claim top spots. winners span Grades 1-8 with posters and essays recognizing 11 students from Appanoose Wellsville Central Heights Garfield and Ottawa areas.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Eugene Field School
Appanoose
Wellsville
Central Heights
Garfield
Gary Graika
Marlin
Mona Graika
Rantoul Rfd
Peggy Beach
Conservation reclaims Chippewas amid soil loss
Conservation Reserve Program prompts Jack Shepheard to reseed 188 acres with fescue and brome on the Chippewa Hills farm six miles south of Pomona. Terrace work and hedge clearing improve fields while manure from a neighbor’s hog barn fuels growth. The Shepheards farm with son Steve, raising milo, wheat, corn, soybeans, alfalfa and cattle.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Conservation Reserve
Jack Shepheard
Jack and Ann Shepheard
Chippewa Hills
Pomona
Chippewa
Shepheard
Kansas Bankers Association
Shepheards
Steve
Milo
CRP farmer integrates conservation practices on long tenure farm
The Shepheards, with 41 years in farming and 33 on the current plot, own crops including soybeans and a third rotation. They hold 122.3 acres in CRP and use conservation tillage and digger discs with terraces rebuilt by plowing only. They favor conserved soil and support tying conservation methods to price support programs. They have four children Jackie May Bastrop TX Sheila Young Emporia KS Nancy Watts and seven grandchildren. They built ponds by damming draws to trap silt and move it back to fields.
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Jackie May
Bastrop
Texas
Sheila Young
Emporia
Nancy Watts
N. Cherry
Shepheards
Shepheard
CRP
Soil Conservation Service
Waterway grass seeding and topsoiling guidance issued
Russell Warner outlines the importance of topsoiling for new waterways under the 1985 Food Security Act. The piece covers seeding choices native versus cool season grasses, switchgrass recommendations for clay soils, fertilizer rates, manure substitutions, seeding methods, and optimal planting windows to ensure rapid establishment and long life of grasses.
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Russell Warner
Quail Unlimited
SCS
Did You Know About Soil Erosion Facts
Facts on soil formation and erosion emphasize slow topsoil buildup versus rapid loss during storms. In the United States annual erosion exceeds six billion tons, much on farmland. Franklin County soil loss limits are four tons per acre yearly and there are about 70,000 soil types nationwide.
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Franklin County
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