State Project Agriculture Is Used As A Teaching Tool
Franklin County teachers expand classroom learning through Agriculture in the Classroom KC program tied to national efforts. Aimed at integrating ag facts into math language arts and science, the program provides games books and pamphlets, with access via the Franklin County Farm Bureau or Kansas State Board of Agriculture for $24.50. The effort is funded by state support with matching funds and plans for wider access to cooperative media centers.
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Kansas
Pat Vining
Richmond Rfd 1
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ottawa Middle School
Central Heights
Vining
Kansas Ag
Sharon van Horn
Ottawa Rfd 2
Franklin County
Focal Extension Service
Osawatomie
Garnett
Iowa
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Washington
D.C
Kansas Foundation
USDA Probes Ag in the Classroom Contracts
Investigators scrutinize current or former USDA appointees including aides to Agriculture Secretary Block over contracts tied to the ag in the classroom program begun in 1981. The probe centers on procurement practices with outside groups like the Joint Council on Economic Education at Northern Illinois University and the National 4-H Council.
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Agriculture
John R. Black
USDA
National Agricultural Library
Beltsville
Ochs
Squrep Saiq
Chris Mosher Wilson
Block
Pat Vining
Richmond Area
Kansas Foundation For Ag
Area Counties Eligible for FmHA Disaster Loans
Osage County farmers hit by 1984 weather disasters may apply for FmHA emergency loans. Franklin County joins eligibility under new law for counties near designated disaster areas. Applications accepted until Oct. 28, 1985. Loans cover up to 80 percent of losses, with rates 5 percent up to 100000 and 8 percent beyond, or 13.75 percent if credit elsewhere. Funds may replace lost installations and cover operating costs.
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Osage County
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Elton G. Murrow
Ranklin
Murrow
Facts And Figures From Ag In The Classroom
Facts and figures from agricultural education activities cover prices and labor in farming. The text notes a loaf of bread taxed many times, 35 extra hours to mow lawns versus wheat, 23 million US agriculture jobs, and beef and other foods priced per ounce. It also cites Kansas agribusiness employment, the onion as a globally used vegetable, more trees in Kansas today, and a note on ground beef yields from a femione steer yielding about 720 quarter pound burgers.
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United States
Kansas
Kansas Leads Nation In Farm Industry Rankings In 1983
Kansas ranked highly across farming metrics in 1983, leading in winter wheat production and flour milling capacity while placing among the top ten in crops, livestock, and farm infrastructure. It stood third in highway miles and fifth in railroad miles, with strong education and income standings.
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Kansas
Watershed meeting set for North Park Garnett
The Pottawatomie Creek watershed annual meeting will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday March 27 at the National Guard Armory North Park Garnett Two directors will be elected the financial statements outlined and the watershed progress reviewed A separate note summarizes a Young Farmers and Ranchers conference in Hutchinson with about 150 attendees and remarks by Gov John Carlin on Kansas agriculture plus a panel from Kansas farm groups
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Pottawatomie Creek
National Guard
North Park
Garnett
Yf&r
Hutchinson
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Bigham
Brad Shoemaker
Franklin County
Kansas
John Carlin
Kansas Agriculture
The
Kansas Farmers Union
Kansas Grange
National Farmers Organization
Ag Bulletin Board Shows Mixed Futures At CBOT
Chicago AP reports mixed futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade with corn and oats quotes, showing varied open, high, low and last figures. Open interest rose, while overall activity reflects ongoing volatility in agricultural commodities.
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Kansas City
Board of Trade
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Lia Mae
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Diane Yeamans
van Horn
van Horns
Hampshire
Linda Alderman
Eisenhower
Alderman
John Octis
Ian Aide
Thredday
U.S
Peggy Hart
W. 2Nd
Ottawa
Kan
Pomona
Ag Bulletin Board
Dolleva
Sapva
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