USDA opens CRP renewals sign ups nationwide
The Agriculture Department began sign ups for the multibillion dollar CRP program to protect environmentally sensitive land. About 230 million acres are eligible, with two thirds of U.S. cropland. Enrollment runs through March 28 at Farm Service Agency offices. Officials expect to start with about 30 million acres and aim for 36.4 million by 2000. The initiative pays federal rents in exchange for farmers leaving land out of production for up to 10 years.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Farm Service Agency
Dan Glickman
CRP sign-up opens in Franklin County amid questions
About 5,000 Franklin County acres eligible for the Conservation Reserve Program were opened to sign-ups today by the county conservation district. Local contact is David Hornung at 242-3260. Officials expect to decide land acceptance by early June, with some debate over expirations of existing CRP contracts.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Conservation Reserve Pro
Dan
Cal Farin Service Agency
David Hornung
CRP
Dallas Smith
House Agriculture Resource Conservation Subcommittee
USDA
Franklin County
Kansas State Sheep Symposium and KSA Sheep Day Preview
Kansans attend March 14 15 sheep symposium in Manhattan featuring Kansas Sheep Association and Sheep Auxiliary meetings Kansas Sheep Council and Kansas Junior Sheep Association sessions March 14 7 to 8 30 pm and March 15 9 am with workshops Contact local Extension office or K States Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at 913 532 6131 for details.
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Kansas
Kansas Sheep Association
Kansas Sheep Council
Kansas Junior Sheep Association
Kansas Sheep Symposium
KSA
Kansas Sheep Auxiliary
Kstate
Department of Animal Sciences and Industry
Conservation district donates books to library
The Conservation District donated books, video tapes, and brochures to the Ottawa Library to bolster conservation materials. District officials aim to raise public awareness of natural resource conservation across Franklin County. Water quality coordinator Brian Alferman said the resources cover both agricultural and urban conservation topics and provide a reliable educational source.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Ottawa
Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Franklin County
Brian Alferman
Conservation District
Alferman
Dairy Council names Eisenhower teacher 1997 Nutrition Award winner
Deidre Altic, fifth grade at Eisenhower Elementary, was among eight recipients honored February 7 in Kansas City Missouri for nutrition education. Her classroom unit includes local agriculture field trips, meat market insights, sheep farming, and a diet impact study using rats. Altic has taught 12 years and is an Emporia State graduate and Ottawa Education Association member.
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Midland Dairy Council
Deidre Altic
Eisenhower
Altic
Kansas City
Altle
Emporia State University
Ottawa Education Association
Wray Represent Franklin County Attends Young Farmers Conference
John and Brenda Wray of Ottawa represent Franklin County at the Kansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Leaders Conference in Brapdin County from February 21 to 23. The program featured leadership and stress management workshops plus grain management tied to the 1996 farm bill with speakers Gary Hall Mitch Holtus Temple Grandin and David Okerlund. Kansas Singles in Agriculture to Visit Hiawatha March 8 9 plans include tours a potluck dance and Sunday breakfast contact Dorothy at 913-742-2589.
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Brenda Wray
Franklin County
Hutchinson
Ottawa
Brapdin County
Kansas,farm, Bureau
Young, Farmers and Ranchers
KFB
Gary Hall
Mitch Holtus
Kansas City Chiefs
Temple Grandin
David Okerlund
Kansas Farm
Kansas Singles In
Hiawatha
Dorothy
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