Drought Impact Seen On Southwest Kansas Wheat Economy
Garden City Co op chief executive John McClelland warns 2011 harvest will be 35 to 40 percent below normal with about 4.5 million bushels expected. Indemnities rise to over 39 million across Kansas, while insurance helps offset losses. Hail damage in multiple counties compounds the drought, threatening farms, equipment sales, and local businesses.
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Ottawa Herald
Garden City
Kansas
John McClelland
Garden City Co-op
Southwest Kansas
Co-Op
McClelland
Rebecca Davis
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Topeka
Finney County
Lane County
Wichita
Grant
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Finney
Lee Greathouse
Greathouse
Wind River
Main Street
Brownback Tours Drought Hit Southwest Kansas
Gov. Sam Brownback visited Elkhart Hugoton and Liberal amid reports from Stevens Seward and Morton counties of wheat losses and no rain. Farmers urged relief and questioned water rules hampering hay imports and farm survivability as drought threatens Main Street and the Ogallala Aquifer.
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Jerome P. Curry
Ottawa Herald
Hugoton
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
Finney
Haskell
Gray
Meade
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
Elkhart
Liberal
Main Street
Morton
Stevens
Seward
Critiquing Rockets Fins Alignment And Assembly In 4 H
Ross emphasizes precise fins alignment paint job and removable nose cone as key critique points. He notes glue joints smooth no shortcuts engine in holder proper wadding packing around parachute and complete rocket package. 4 H entrants must report altitude engine size method and assembly issues.
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Ross
Makeover pep rally at Overland Park Center
Pep rally at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Overland Park Convention Center highlights M A C Corporation Blue Springs Missouri Canyon Creek Construction Leawood as builders for a ninth season show that airs in 185 countries. The program features a seven day rebuild, with designers contractors and hundreds of workers. Chamber donations and help are welcomed at (785) 242-4700.
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M.A.C. Corporation
Blue Springs
Canyon Creek Construction, LLC
Leawood
Overland Park Convention Center
College Boulevard
Overland Park
Weigand
Ottawa sales tax climbs with steady revenues
Revenue figures show Ottawa city sales tax up 3 percent from last year with most months this year beating or matching prior years. January and March were weaker. February receipts rose by 65000 compared with February 2010. Aly Van Dyke, Herald staff writer.
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Aly van Dyke
Herald
Avandyke
Ottawaherald
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