Arts crafts judging schedule announced for Franklin County Fair
The Franklin County Fair arts and crafts judging schedule is set for 2 p.m. next Thursday at the Franklin County Annex meeting room with groups Junior Judgers Acorn Rustlers Berea Boosters and Trail Blazers at 2 p.m. and Shaff Silverleaf Rambling Ranchers Full o Pep at 2 30 p.m. followed by Rowdy Wranglers Town & Country Burg Go Getters Pottawatomie Valley Princeton Goal Busters and Pomona Pioneers at 3 p.m. Entrants may reschedule via the Extension office. The fair’s main portion is planned for July 2023.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Annex
Acorn Rustlers
Berea
Trail Blazers
Shaff
Silverleaf
Rambling Ranchers
Rowdy Wranglers
Town & Country
Burg
Pottawatomie Valley
Princeton
Kansas
Area Ranch
American Angus Association
Judd Ranch Inc
Pomona
American Angus
St. Joseph
USDA
Wichita, Kan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grain processors targeted in antitrust probe
Federal authorities broaden a Justice Department antitrust inquiry into the food and feed additive industries. Archer Daniels Midland Co and Cargill Inc are named as targets in an international probe, with DOJ confirming the investigation and its global reach.
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Chicago
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Cargill Inc
Justice Department
Allen Holbert
Washington
Gina Talamona
Talamona
Princeton Man Defies Weather With Giant Garden Standout
Robert Wingo of Princeton grows a 70 by 100 foot garden despite a challenging year. He started on Groundhog Day and now yields 60 tomato plants averaging four feet tall. He grows watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins, and more, cans and preserves with his wife, and shares with five children. Extension agent notes cold weather and heavy rain affected outputs and timing.
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Princeton
Robert Wingo
Wingo
Wilma
Dennis Bejot
Douglas County
Bejot
Bejet
Ralph Young
Richmond
Subsidies Draw Kansas USDA Workers Into Conflicts
A new Environmental Working Group study titled Fox in the Henhouse flags that over 800 USDA employees and county committee members in Kansas received about 88.9 million dollars in farm subsidies from 1985 to 1994. It notes that one third of 813 permanent staff and 90 percent of committee members benefited, with 1.1 million total subsidies to 27 local office directors since 1985, including 401,000 to Steve Hittel. Nationally 2.3 billion has gone to USDA personnel since 1985.
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Ashington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Environmental Working Group
USDA
EWG
Steve Hittel
Consolidated Farm Services Agency
Stevens County
Hittel
Morton
Stevens
Grant Buntrock
Farm Service Agency
Buntrock
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Kansas State Bank
Ottawa
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Marilyn McMillen
Metzger
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