Drought and fungus threaten Kansas wheat harvest
Kansas wheat faces heat drought and fungal disease. Farmers like Ned Bergkamp and Dean Stoskopf report poor stands and reduced yields as strawbreaker fungus devastates fields in Sedgwick and Barton counties. With harvest near, weather and disease drive expectations below USDA projections. Prices hold steady, but plans may shift to other crops as growers weigh risks.
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Wichita
Kansas
Ned Bergkamp
Sedgwick County
Bradley Gehring
Sedgwick County Extension Agriculture
Dean Stoskopf
Hoisington
Barton County
Great Bend
Stoskopf
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
USDA
Wes Beal
Co-Mark Consultants
Cheney
Beal
Kansas City
Chicago
No sticky questions for molasses producers
Mississippi farmers push molasses revival as a homegrown, profitable specialty crop. Sorghum and cane syrup offer health and market appeal with high per gallon prices, though labor intensive harvesting and cooking challenge growers. Local experts tout sorghum as a viable venture near Memphis and Birmingham markets.
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New Albany
Miss
Mississippi
Gregg Leath
Westmoreland
Tenn
Stanley Wise
Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service
Union County
Memphis
Birmingham
Willig Extension
Alcorn State University
Alcorn Extension
Patton
Barbed Wire Museum Showcases Old and New Variants in Kansas
At the Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse May 4 6 collectors from across the nation gathered for a swap and sale of many barbed wire forms. The exhibit traces the 19th century invention by Glidden Ellwood and Haish with niche items like a coffee grinder bent barb method and a 72 pound crow nest of wire.
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Kansas
la Crosse
Brad Penka
Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors’ Association
Penka
DeKalb, IL
Henry Rose
Joseph Glidden
Issac Ellwood
Jacob Haish
Rose
Glidden
Ellwood
Haish
Han
Dle
Greeley
Livestock Price Ranges by Weight and Type
Saturday market reports mixed cattle prices across weight classes. Steers and heifers show varying bids from the 80s to low 100s per hundredweight with bred cows offered around 550 to 635 and pairs from 625 to 740.
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Staars
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Weather, Inc
John Deere
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Ottawa Herald
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AccessOnline
Comfedbank.com
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