Rain delays Kansas wheat harvest across many counties
Heavy rains halt progress in numerous Kansas counties as harvest offices close and farmers struggle with lodging and sprouting wheat. Officials warn for high moisture and low test weights while prices rise. growers remain hopeful for eventual improvements.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Garden City
Tribune
Liberal
Great Bend
Joyce Heiman
Job Service
Hays
Hill City
Ness City
McPherson
Colby
Oakley
Goodland
Lyons
LaCrosse
Manhattan
Vinton Visser
Riley
Visser
Rollin Sears
Kansas State University
Sears
Dennis
Bill Andrew
Johnson County
Jerry Seele
Farmers Cooperative Association
Edgerton
Heat stress in sows and drip cooling in farrowing houses
Heat rises in coming months raise concern for swine producers as sows suffer reduced feed intake and milk production under heat stress. Drip cooling, focused on the neck and shoulder, lowers cooling costs and helps sows while limiting wetting of pig areas. Implemented with plastic drippers and pressure control, thermostats can automate the system to maintain 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, best on slotted floors. Franklin County Extension offers more sow management guidance with local fairs listed for July.
Summer heat boosts salmonella outbreaks warned by USDA
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department warns warm humid summers raise salmonella enteritidis risks across the food chain from egg producers to consumers. Deputy administrator Billy G. Johnson says summer weather nearly doubles outbreak risk, with 45 percent of past three years outbreaks from June to August and July averaging 21 percent. In 1990 1991 and 1992, 85 of 191 outbreaks occurred in summer.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Billy G. Johnson
Veterinary Services
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Johnson
Fair quilt auction moves starting time
The Franklin County Fair hosts an auction of miniature and collectible quilts at 5 p.m. Saturday July 17 to shorten the 4 H Market Sale. Sunflower Piecemakers contribute 25 to 30 quilts for doll quilts wall hangings and table covers with half proceeds to the group and half to the fair’s building fund for a multipurpose building on West 17th Street.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Franklin County
Sunflower Piecemakers
Franklin County Agriculture Society
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
West 17Th Street
US farm imports offset exports in 1992
The United States imported 12 billion dollars of agricultural goods from the Western Hemisphere in 1992 and exported nearly the same value. A USDA Economic Research Service outlook says trade should rise slightly in 1993 as regional economies improve, keeping the farm trade balance steady amid rising Latin American demand and growth. Cuba may face tighter credit amid bloc support loss.
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Washington
United States
Westen
U.S
Agriculture Department
Latin America
USDA
Economic Research Service
Cuba
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Farmers Union Cooperative Grain Elevator
Spring Hill
Smith
Franklin County Extension Office
Richmond Free Fair
Richmond
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Ottawa
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Chris Campbell
Jayne Turner
Williamsburg
Santa FE
Satuday
First National Bank OF Ottawa
F.d.1.c
Schwan's
Schwan
Kwik Kar Oil & Lube
15Th & Main
Farm Bureau
Web
Gary Colbern
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin County Fairboard
Usling
Josh Anderson
Lisa Claerhout
Elizabeth Hornbuckle
Jeremy Kay
Annette Musick
Susan Stottlemire
Adam Todd
Cook's
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Hickory
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