Wind erosion damage in Great Plains drops from prior year
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department surveys show wind damage in the Great Plains for November and December totaling 1.02 million acres, down 33 percent from 1.53 million a year ago. Most damage occurred in the southern Plains with cropland bearing 86 percent, and emergency tillage was used to prevent losses.
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Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Wilson Scaling
Department
Soil Conservation Service
Full O' Pep winner and 4-H club prize noted in KS news
Janet Piesker of Richmond won $100 in groceries from Waymire's Price Chopper funded by the Full O' Pep 4-H Club as part of a community event. The Kansas State Board of Agriculture published the new Annual Report and Farm Facts for 1984, available free in Topeka. Farm Credit District changes named Sam Eberly as chairman and Larry Shriver as vice chairman, with Mike Bone appointed senior VP and CFO under David Andra.
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Janet Piesker
Richmond
Waymire
Price Chopper
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Kan
Farm Credit Changes
Wichita
Sam Eberly
Larry K. Shriver
Alamosa
Colo
Ninth Farm Credit District Board of Directors
Eberly
George Meacham
Clinton
Okla
Federal Land Banks
Mike Bone
Farm Credit Services
Charles N. Thorpe
Bone
David L. Andra
Wind erosion damage spreads across Plains states
Despite futures trading notes at the Chicago Board of Trade, officials report wind erosion damaged 8.5 million acres across 10 Great Plains states in the 1994-85 season, down from 12.3 million the prior drought year. Texas accounts for 75 percent of November and December losses, with state by state figures listed.
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Texas
Great Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wyoming
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Ag Bulletin Board
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
S.A
Tus
First National Bank OF Ottawa
F.D
Ster Ik
Hubbard Lumber
Ottawa, Kansas
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