Commodities panel probes controversial ag contracts
CFTC acting chair Tull told the Senate Agriculture Committee the agency is aggressively investigating possible fraud in hedge to arrive grain contracts and other violations. He cited upregulated hybrid agreements between farmers and grain elevators risking large losses as growers promise more than they can deliver. Barron's cited midwestern pinch with one Nebraska elevator paying 4.5 million. The agency seeks to limit market disruption from rolling hedges while officials push reform of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Ashington
Y Commodity Futures’ Trading Commission
Tull
CFTC
Senate Agriculture Committee
Futures and Options Exchanges
Barron's Magazine
Nebraska
John F. Sander
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Sander
U.S. Supreme Court
Treasury
Senate Agriculture
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
4-H meat judging project linked to local family business
Franklin County 4-H member Farm ick Martinez works on meat judging with help from mentor Jo Ellen Arnold. The program includes classes in carcass retail cuts and variety meats, coach pairing, grocery-store judging practice, and four summer contests in Emporia Topeka Dodge City and Independence. Martinez departs for Washington DC Citizenship Focus with 15 Osage County youths and two adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ick Martinez
Tommy
Karen Martinez
Martinez
Beav Llved
Stinson
Jo Ellen Arnold
Franklin County
Arnold
Emporia
Topeka
Dodge City
Independence
Osage County
Washington, D.C
Kansas Farm Bureau
KFB
Kansas
Farm Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
Gary Hall
Washington
Agricultural Research Service
Booneville
Ark
Michael A. Brown
Gulf Coast
Brown
Art L. Goeisch
St. Croix
Sneer Packer
Bean DNA research could curb soybean diseases
Southern Illinois University researchers in Carbondale apply DNA testing to disease resistance in soybeans. Biotechnologists like David Lightfoot map genes to identify resistant varieties, aiming to shorten the 10 to 12 year development cycle and reduce losses from cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome. The Illinois soybean program has funded over $263,000 to advance genetic engineering alongside traditional breeding.
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Carbondale, Ill
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Paul Gibson
Illinois
Iowa
Ken Dalenberg
Mansfield
David Lightfoot
Iinois Soybean Checkoff Board
Lightfoot, Gibson
Lightfoot
Oval Myers Jr
Pesticide use in 1995 rises, environmental groups say
Environmental groups claim 1995 saw a record rise in pesticide use by farmers, with 1.25 billion pounds of chemicals applied, up from 1994 and reversing a prior decline. They cite unpublished data and call for stricter safety standards amid EPA review of methyl bromide and other products.
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Pashington
Chemical
Environmental Protection
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
U.S
Public Interest Research Group
Lynn Goldman
EPA
Crest FFA members honored at Kansas convention
Kandee Kraft of Crest received the Kansas FFA Equine Science award during the Kansas FFA Convention in Manhattan joining Crest FFA Chapter which also earned a national award. Area students John Cubit Dana Pracht and David Peine earned State Farmer Degrees while John Morgan received the Ag Sales and Service Honor plus Janna Dunbar earned a State Farmer Degree at Anderson County and Central Heights High School. Courtney Pruner performed with the State FFA Band during the event.
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ANCO
Anhattan
Crest Fra
Kandee Kraft
Kraft
Crest
FFA
Randy
Cheri Kraft
Crest Ffa
Anderson County
John Morgan
John Cubit
David Peine
Dana Pracht
Cubit
John
Mary Cubit
Garnett
Pracht
David
Mary Pracht
Westphalia
Peine
Joe
Wilma Peine
Greeley
Central Heights
Janna Dunbar
Ron
Elaine Dunbar
Richmond
Kansas State University
Central Height
Courtney Pruner
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Commodities Panel
Rob Wells
Chicago
New York
Josuru N. Simons
F.A.C.S
Senne BR
Kwartszesxi
Canvey
Ransom Hospital
Ottawa
Medicare
Kansas Blue Shield
Mid-America Health Network
HMO
Kansas Thurs
FBI
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Kansas State Bank and Ransom Memorial Hospital
KSB & Rmh
Kansas State Bank
Area Ffa
Chest of Drawers
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Builders Supply Inc
Schmidt Builders Supply
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