Kansas wheat harvest shines but corn suffers in dry year
Kansas farmers report a strong wheat yield in 1994 while corn and spring crops lag due to drought. topsoil moisture is critically low across regions, with 82 to 90 percent of land listed short or very short. forecasts warn condition drops without rain, and fire safety tips urge coordination with authorities before burning or using fireworks due to fire risk.
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Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Montgomery County
Reno
Williamsburg teacher attends regional agriculture conference
Lee Weis, agriculture teacher at Williamsburg High School, joined 200 educators at the National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association regional leadership conference in Springdale Arkansas. Weis, a Kansas representative, serves on a state committee to develop leadership activities. Wheat harvest nears completion as farmers await rain. Franklin County reports 85 to 90 percent of harvest done amid dry weather. Topsoil and subsoil moisture remain very short across the east central district, with rainfall needed soon.
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Williamsburg
Lee Weis
Williamsburg High School
National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Springdale
Ark
Weis
Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teacher Association
Professional State Association
Franklin County
Ron Sylvester
Ottawa
East Central District
Sylvester
World cotton output falls in 1993 94 season
The Agriculture Department reports global cotton production for 1993 94 at about 76 million bales, down 6.8 million from the prior season and 8 million below estimated consumption. The U S share of world trade rose to about 21 percent as prices climb with the Catlook A Index averaging 86 cents a pound in May.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agriculture Service
U.S
China
Paraguay
Iran
Australia
Turkey
Benin
Reduced tillage field day near BETO Junction on I 35
East central Kansas producers will attend a July 12 field day 5 miles east of BETO Jct on I 35 to Melvern Exit. Osage Coffey and Franklin County Extension Offices host a 10 30 a m to 3 p m event with KSU Dyno truck tractor tire talks and side by side demonstrations of planters drills and no till equipment. Lunch includes hamburgers and a pork meal with reservations via three area phone numbers.
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Kansas
Osage
Coffey
Franklin County
Disit
Beto Jct
Melvern
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Kansas Grain Sorghum Association
Brummel Farm Services
East Kansas Chemical
Lybarger Oil
American Cyanamid
CIBA
DuPont
Miles
Zeneca
Buffalo
Case IH
Caterpillar
DMI
Great Plains
John Deere
Landoll
Sunflower
Golden Harvest
Coreley Seed Farm
Midland Seed
Pioneer
KSU
Researchers study possible market uses for les querella shrub
AP reports a desert shrub of the southwestern United States may yield new products from lipstick to mower lubricants. Researchers note a water soluble gum in les querella seeds and ARS chemist Thomas Abbott develops a method to separate gelled gums after oil extraction for health and beauty products plastics lubricants coatings thickening agents and crude oil recovery.
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Ashington
United States
National Center For Agricultural Utilization Research
Peoria
Agricultural Research Service
Thomas Abbott
Abbott
Scientists seek weed killer in Russia
Government researchers travel to Russia to study fungi and related organisms from Eurasian spurge to combat the invasive leafy spurge in the United States. The effort aims to replace costly pesticides and may lead to field trials in Montana after quarantine tests and Russian oversight.
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Russia
Ashington
Caucasus
United States
Agriculture Department
Tony Caesar
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Caesar
Spencer
Bozeman
Mont
Montana
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