Options Outlined as KSU Aids PIK Program Decision
Kansas wheat producers face a March 11 signup deadline for four farm program choices. Kansas State University extension specialist Don Pretzer explains how each option, including Reduced Acreage RAP and Payment in Kind PIK, could affect net income for 100 acres at 30 bushel yields, with variables like prices, yields, and hay or silage value shaping profitability.
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Kansas
Don Pretzer
Kansas State University
Pretzer
Gerry Kuhl
Multiple Extension Meetings Planned in Ottawa Area
County Agriculture Agent Robert W. Bosworth announces an Ottawa High School session on March 8 with family gardening estate planning farm records and landscaping taught by named instructors. Additional walnut management March 11 at Lloyd Robbins farm and beef conferences March 15 in Pomona Williamsburg Wellsville. Also mole control tips and a Telenet Marketing Seminar March 9 at Ottawa Adult Education Center with speaker Mike Sands.
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Robert W. Bosworth
Ottawa High School
Lyle Turner
Fred Delano
Marvin Fausett
Bob Bozworth
Extension Office
Lloyd Robbins
Jerry Bratton
Ray Aslin
Robbins Farm
Pomona
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Gerry Kuhl
Frank Brogle
Ottawa
Mike Sands
Feed grain options under new farm program analyzed by KSUs Pretzer
Kansas State University extension economist Don Pretzer explains how corn and milo compare under the new federal farm program. Using Table A, farmers calculate deficiencies and payments with specific formulas for corn, milo, and PIK income, noting hay income is usually zero and emphasizing that high yield high cost producers may choose the option with the highest net income.
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Manhattan
Don Pretzer
Kansas State University Extension
Pretzer
Grazing Wheat under PIK draws Kansas cattlemen’s interest
In Garden City Kansas State University extension livestock specialist Scott Laudert notes the graze out option of the federal Payment in Kind program lets producers graze winter wheat seeded before Jan 12 1983 and qualify for federal grain payments. With March 11 signup, producers weigh stocking rates moisture and forage quality while planning hay or silage for heavy rain or irrigation periods.
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Garden City
Kansas
Scott Laudert
Southwest Area Extension
Kansas State University
Laudert
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