Future of food crops promises gains and water risks
Sylvan Wittwer, renowned food production expert, urged Kansas State students that global grain yields have quadrupled since 40 years ago with irrigation boosts in China, while major U S water shortages loom. He warned agriculture will face rising costs, resource limits, and a shift to higher efficiency and biotech driven systems, including seeds tied to pharma firms and new crop varieties.
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Manhattan
Sylvan H. Wittwer
Wittner
Kansas State University
Wittwer
Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station
People's Republic of China
People’s Republic
U.S
Israel
KSU
America
Japan
Land Grant University
John Black
Springfield
Ill
Native Grass Meeting Set Time For Topdressing Fertilizer
Extension agronomists discuss native grass establishment and management at a March 10 meeting in the New Courts Building basement. Topics include seeding rates, mixtures, grazing, burning, weed control, and production prospects. John Whitney notes spring nitrogen can boost yields, with decisions tied to soil moisture, rainfall, and fertilizer costs.
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Robert W. Bozworth
Courts
Gary Kilegore
David Whitney
Whitney
Hog prices should be higher in 1982 says expert
Kansas livestock specialist Mike Sands forecasts hog prices averaging in the high 40s per hundredweight in 1982 despite modest beef supply gains and slow economic recovery. He notes weather and rising wholesale pork prices support prices, while hog slaughter and production could fall 11 to 15 percent from 1981 and 1980 peaks, aligning 1982 output with profit years from 1975 to 1979.
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Manhattan
Mike Sands
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Sands
Hog industry outlook for 1982 price and returns
Expert Sands predicts mixed hog prices for 1982 with January-March near 46 per cwt and mid-year gains if pork supplies tighten. Prices could reach the low 50s if farrowing rises, or stay in upper 40s if farrowings grow. Feeding returns may turn positive this year as lower feed costs and higher hog prices offset costs. production costs projected around 45.50 per cwt barring further shifts. Careful management remains essential to avoid losses.
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Sands
Franklin County Farm Bureau to host marketing seminar and lunch
The Franklin County Farm Bureau will host a marketing seminar for the first 35 members signed up from 9 30 a m to 3 p m on March 15 at the Farm Bureau office 114 E 2nd Kansas Agricultural Marketing Association will send Terry Nygaard and Jim Buchanan to offer price analytics charts moving averages and marketing plan guidance Reservations are 242 4130 A Farm Bureau Women luncheon for Agriculture Day is set for March 20 at L M Buffet 12 30 p m with Rep Dorothy Nichols as speaker and a 4 H Citizenship Trophy talk Reservations due March 16 at the Farm Bureau office 242 4130 price 2 15 per person funded in part by the county.
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Franklin County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Kansas Agricultural Marketing Association
Kansas Farm Bureau
Terry Nygaard
Manhattan
Jim Buchanan
Dorothy Nichols
Arama
E. 2Nd
Ottawa
Land Bank Sets March 13 Meeting
The Federal Land Bank Association of Ottawa will hold its 64th Annual Stockholders Meeting on Saturday March 13 with 6 30 p m registration at the Ottawa University Student Union near 10th and Cedar. C R Waggoner will report on the year and Clayton M Osborne will present the 1981 directors report. Elections for two directors and a 1983 nominating committee will be held with entertainment by the Ottawa Cytones directed by Dale Fox. The rancher owned association serves about 1500 member stockholders in Anderson Franklin Linn and Miami counties and is a stockholder of The Federal Land Bank of Wichita which lends on more than 65000 farms and ranches across Colorado Kansas New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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Federal Land Bank Association of Ottawa
Ottawa University Student Union
10Th and Cedar
Ottawa
C.R. Waggoner
Clayton M. Osborne
Ottawa Cytones
Dale Fox
Anderson
Franklin
Linn
Miami
Ottawa Association
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
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Chuck Mart
Marr
Franklin County
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