Mites Infest Trees Chemicals Recommended
Spider mites trouble evergreens this spring amid dry conditions. Cedar pine spruce and arborvitae are at risk. Detect early by shaking branches onto white paper. Use Diazinon Malathion Kelthane Meta-systex-R for control with full foliage coverage and re-application every 7 to 40 days. A high pressure water spray helps wash mites away. Watch for re infestation. Now until harvest compare wheat varieties and other
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Robert W. Bozworth
Farm small grain varieties at ECK Experiment Field
At the ECK Experiment Field opposite Ottawa Airport, wheat oats barley and winter oat plots are set south of the hedge row. Superintendent Kelly Janssen and crew display signs for easy yield height and maturity comparison.
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Eck
Ottawa
Kelly Janssen
Contaminated Pork Found In Two School Lunch Programs
The USDA flagged ground pork tainted with chlordane and heptachlor linked to Wilson and Company in Oklahoma City. About 5,000 Arkansas and 14,000 Louisiana children could have eaten the pork across 11 parishes and 200 schools, with 38,000 Arkansas and 45,000 Louisiana lunches potentially affected between April 5 and May 22. Authorities trace the source, detain the product, and test hogs. results expected by June 1.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Louisiana
Arkansas
Carol Tucker Foreman
Wilson and Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Little Rock
Ark
New Orleans
Foreman
Wilson
Wilson Plant
Food Safety and Quality Service
FSQS
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
St. Louis Laboratory
St. Louis
Iowa
Food and Nutrition Service
Pioneer Field Day At Garst Thomas Hybrid Corn Co
The Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Co sponsors a field day at the Ross Porter farm near Richmond from 4 p.m. to dusk on Friday June 13. Pioneer personnel will lead tours and answer questions. Attendees can compare soft red winter wheats hybrids and hard red winter wheats. A meal is provided and families are welcome. Directions from Richmond are 7.5 miles west 1 mile south 1 mile west and 3 miles south. From Harris travel 1 mile north 2 miles east and 0.5 mile north.
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Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Co
Ross Porterarm
Richmond
Porter Farm
Harris
High Standards Make Milk All Time Favorite
Public health agencies and the dairy industry established sanitary standards for milk production processing and marketing. Dairy farmers invest in clean facilities follow approved milking methods and use stainless equipment. Milk haulers and inspectors ensure sampling testing and milk is pasteurized and kept refrigerated for consumers.
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Manhattan
Dick Dunham
Kansas State University
Dunham
United States
Milk Cow hailed as foster mother of world nutrition
Manhattan report highlights the dairy cow as a budget helper and nutrition source. Extension dairyman J R Dunham notes a 16,000 pound annual yield can supply adult protein for 50 years, calcium for 30, phosphorus for 25, and riboflavin for 18. June is National Dairy Month.
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Manhattan
J. R
Dick) Dunham
Kansas State University
Dunham
Soviet Grain Prospects Mixed In Early 1980 Outlook
AP reports USDA says Soviet 1980 grain harvest prospects improved but still uncertain. May planting progress offset spring delays while cold weather may slow winter and spring crops in the European USSR. May yield estimates range 190 to 230 million metric tons with a 235 million target unlikely.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
European
Ussr
United States
Carter Jan
Afghanistan
Moscow
Argentina
U.S
USDA
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Lowell Burchetl
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Newton
Century
Eagle
Parker
Scout
Extension Office
Crop Improvement Association
Rigid Form, Inc
Kansas
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index
Dairy Farmers of Washington
Franklin County Fairgrounds
West 17Th ST
Ottawa, KS
Don Sellens
David
Rise & Son General Contractors
South Second
Louisburg
Kensas
Marvin’s Market
Junction
Hwy
Main
Franklin County
Marvin's Market
George
Farmer's Market
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