Storms batter weak Kansas wheat crop in aftermath of drought
Severe storms Tuesday night dumped hail and tornadoes across southern Kansas, injuring crops and delaying harvest. Seven tornadoes touched down in Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties amid golf ball to baseball size hail. Farmers reported up to 25 percent wheat loss in some Kiowa County fields while others fared slightly better after recent rain. Harvest offices remained limited, with four open in Harper, Sumner, and Kingman counties.
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Patrice Gravino
Associated Press
Kansas Wheat Harvest
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Comanche
Kiowa
Ford
Edwards
Pawnee
National Weather Service
Sitka
Clark County
Mullinville
State Agriculture Department
Sion
Curt Werth
Kiowa County
Werth
McDonald
Darren McDonald
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Paul Rickabaugh
Harper
Sumner
Kingman
Wellington
Joyce Heiman
Upper Midwest farm values rise at record pace
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports farm land values in the Upper Midwest jumped 4.1 percent in Q1 and 9 percent over the year ending April 1995. Gains exceeded the two-year average, with Indiana showing the largest quarterly rise. Analysts tie increases to high grain prices and strong foreign pork demand. bankers project continued upward trend for farmland.
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Upper Midwest
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Local youths attend Leadership America ’96 seminar at Barton CC
Seven Franklin County youths joined 190 Kansas delegates at Leadership America ’96 held June 25 at Barton County Community College. The event, sponsored by Kansas Farm Bureau, aimed to teach leadership and citizenship, with sessions on heritage and democracy and the ABLES course at Camp Aldridge.
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Great Bend
Franklin County
Leadership America
Barton County Community College
Farm Bureau
Kansas Farm Bureau
Craig Cooper
Kansas
Camp Aldridge
Bill Cordes
Jolene Brown
Craig Hillier
Alissa Frieden
Pomona
Jackie Wallace
Ottawa
Leigh Ann Lantis
Jennifer Green
Josh Mourning
Paul Peters
Richmond
Ben Evans
Williamsburg
Steve Baccus
Ottawa County
Baccus
Gary Hall
Kansas Foundation For Agriculture
Paul Ohlenbusch
Kansas State University Extension Range
Rodney Jones
KSU Extension
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS
Jones
Ohlenbusch
Tobacco subsidy clash edges past in tight House vote
The House narrowly approved a $25 million annual tobacco crop insurance subsidy amid a $53.1 billion Agriculture Department bill. Democrats and Republicans sparred over federal aid to tobacco growers as critics argued it sustains a deadly product, while backers cited farming livelihoods. Durbin hailed the near-defeat of the amendment to cut aid, noting the lobbies involved.
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Ashington
House
Agriculture Department
Enid Greene
Utah
Bob Wise
D-W.va
Richard Durbin
D-Nl
Durbin
Newt Gingrich
Henry Waxman
D. Calif
Hogs Die After Lightning Strikes Farm Monitoring System
About 2,000 hogs at Premium Standard Farm in Princeton Missouri died after lightning damaged a temperature and ventilation monitoring system. The failure, detected weeks later, most likely caused heat deaths among near-ready animals. Hogs were insured with no danger to workers.
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Princeton
Premium
Charlie Amot
Arnot
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