Iowa Farmer Finds Fortune in Llamas and Ostriches
DENVER Iowa AP Bill Rector on 1700 acre farm north of Waterloo turns to llamas and four ostriches to weather farm losses. He bought llamas for 1000 each eighteen years ago and now expects a grand female with offspring to fetch 30000 to 35000. He plans to hold yearling males for 8000 each. Llama profits financed other exotic livestock and farm upgrades, while visitors tour the herd.
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Denver
Iowa
Bill Rector
Rector
Waterloo
Tecumseh
Neb
United States
Grocers Trim Fat as Beef Sales Rise Across Chains
In Wichita and nationwide grocers push leaner beef by year end reducing outer fat to one half inch. Chains such as Safeway Kroger King Soopers Red Owl Winn Dixie Publix Shop Rite promote trimmed cuts, boosting beef sales by about 6 to 10 percent as industry eyes long term changes and possible genetic fat reductions.
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Wichita, Kan
John
Jane
Rod Bowling
Confort of
Colorado
Excel Corp
Tom McDermott
National Livestock and Meat Board
Safeway
Kroger
King Sooper
Red Owl
Winn-Dixie
Publix
Shop Rite
New York City
Food Barn
United States
Felecia del Campo
Bill Parker
Scientists Try Tricking Insects Insects jam scent signals to deter pests
AP reports Agriculture Department scientists insert tiny probes into antennae of Mediter ranean fruit flies and other pests to record how odors are detected. Researchers in Mississippi and California study olfactory signals to disrupt insects chemical communication and mislead them from ripening fruits.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Research Service
Eric B. Jang
Hilo
Hawaii
Mississippi
California
Jang
Boll Weevil Laboratory
Mississippi State
Miss
Joseph C. Dickens
Douglas M. Light
Agency
Albany
Calif
Eastern Kansas Pro Rodeo Series Opens At Colony
The third annual Eastern Kansas Pro Rodeo Series starts this weekend at Colony High Point Rodeo and runs through mid August at four county fairs. Events are PRCA WPRA approved, with Rumford Rodeo Company contracted for all rodeos. High money winners receive B Bar K trophy buckles, and top event performer may earn an all round trophy saddle. Competitors from ten states took part last year.
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Eastern Kansas
Colony High Point
Franklin
Miami
Johnson
Allen County
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
PRCA
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association
WPRA
Sonny Burch
Ottawa Rfd 2
Eastern Kansas Rodeo Association
Kansas
Rumford Rodeo Company
Abbyville
Benjamin Stables and Arena
Kansas City
Control Algae Growth In Ponds
Control algae in livestock watering ponds with copper sulfate or other approved chemicals. Apply 2.7 pounds per acre foot, limit to half the pond per treatment to avoid oxygen loss, and follow withdrawal or usage warnings for hydrothol aquazine and other products.
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Caley
James Martin
University of Kentucky Post
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NLMB
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Bowling
Monfort
First National Bank OF Ottawa
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Ag Bulletin Board
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Ottawa
Paola
Iola
Gardner
Topeka
Richmond
Texas
Hutchinson
Hilmar Moore
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Moore
National Cattlemen’s Association
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
KLA
David Kass
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Margaret Maxey
Free Enterprise
America’s Energy Foundation
John Carlin
Missouri
Hutchinson Holiday Inn Holidome
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Division of Water
Water Resources Division
Division of Water Resources
The
Robert W. Bosworth
Homer K. Caley
Kansas State University
Junipers
Roses
Franklin Co
Dave Kile
Jack Beauchamp
Pol. Adv
Robert W. Green
Shelter Insurance
Marlin Chanay
Main
Wellsville
Alla
Richard B. Prather
S. Main
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