Changes in Pesticide Law Extend Private Applicator Certificates
The 1981 Kansas Legislature revised the pesticide law affecting private applicator certificates. Existing certificates will be extended to five years from issue, expire on the holder’s birthday, and be renewed via state mailings prior to expiration. Extension services will maintain training and exams, with material available at Extension offices. The notice also notes practical wheat marketing tips and pruning guidance for juniper and arborvitae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Bozworth
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Extension Service
Farm and Turf Care Advice From a Hodges Almanac
The guide advises applying pre-emergent and postemergent herbicides with MSMA for seedlings, then a preemergent like dacthal, noting rains can reduce short term herbicide activity. It warns turf maintenance timing before April 10 and potential follow up applications, while stressing label compliance and rate adjustments for good or poor turf stands. It also covers marketing soft wheat to avoid mispricing, evergreen pruning tips to shape candles, do not shear most evergreens, and cautions against lawnmower damage to trunks with tips on protective guards and avoiding tree pivoting.
New Implant Lasts Longer for Beef Cattle Growth
Experimental long lasting estradiol implant Compudose matched Balgro on rate of gain in 81 Charolais steers at Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station. Study presented by Lomas and colleagues at the Midwest Section meeting of the American Society of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska. Average daily gains were 1.76, 1.91 and 1.96 pounds for no implant, Balgro, and Compudose respectively, with Compudose showing an 11.4 percent boost over no implant.
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Lincoln
Neb
Southeast Kansas Branch
Kansas State University
Lyle W. Lomas
Mound Valley Station
Midwest
American Society of Animal Science
University of Nebraska
Lomas
RJ. Johnson
H.P. Grueter
Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station
Pedro E. de Felicia
American Society
Display shows giant cow replica at Champ Day in Garnett
A 12 foot tall fiberglass cow replica, sponsored by Ralston Purina, will be on display from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday at Brummer Farm Service on Champ Day in Garnett. Visitors can walk inside to see digestion, breathing, and reproductive diagrams illustrating calf development from embryo to calving. The life like charted model measures 12 by 19 by 8 feet with an audible heartbeat and lung sounds.
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Garnett
Brummer Farm Service
Ralston Purina
Ernie Rodina
Ottawa Rfd 2
Purina
Rodina
Conservation planter test program partners with John Deere
Pauline Willford district secretary announces a joint program by Franklin County Conservation District and Underwood Equipment offering a John Deere 7,000 Max-Emerge 6-row planter for conservation tillage test plots. Planter rental is 3 dollars per acre with a one day use limit. interested farmers may contact the Conservation District office at 209 W. 2nd, Ottawa, or call 913-242-1109 for scheduling.
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Pauline Willford
Franklin County Conservation District
John Deere
Underwood Equipment
Conservation District
W. 2Nd
Ottawa
Sorghum Yields Vary Across Kansas Counties in 1980
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes rainfall influenced sorghum yields in 1980. Franklin County averaged 35.4 bushels per acre, Meade 88.5, Anderson 25, Douglas 45.1, with Osage and Miami near Franklin. Only seven counties exceeded 75 bushels per acre, including Doniphan Wichita Wallace Haskell Sherman and Ford.
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Franklin County
Meade County
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Anderson County
Franklin
Douglas County
Osage
Miami
Meade
Doniphan
Wichita
Wallace
Haskell
Sherman
Ford
Watering vegetables carefully in hot Kansas summers
Kansas State University expert Chuck Marr cautions against shallow daily watering and warns that recycled household water can harm gardens if used improperly. He advises about one inch of weekly irrigation, soaking root zones, and adjusting for heat. Mulching and wind breaks from tall crops offer protection.
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Chuck Marr
Kansas State University Extension Horticulturist
Marr
Kansas
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TRA Charge
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Tire Service Farm Bureau
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Scott Service
South Oak
Garnett, Ks
Manhattan
Neil Satterlee
Ealers
Hesston
God Case
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