Pork industry rebounds but Kansas hog farms shrink
The Hutchinson News reports that the U S pork industry is recovering while Kansas hog farms shrink. Record low slaughter prices in 1999 forced about 700 Kansas farms out of business, leaving around 1,900 swine operations in the state. Small farms fell hardest, with more than a third of under 500 hogs closing, while 2,000 plus head operations rose from 120 to 130.
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Mark Berry
Hutchinson News
Kansas
Cindy Cunningham
National Pork Producers Council
Steve Meyer
Smithfield Foods
Murphy Family Farms
Joseph W. Luter III
Meyer
U.S
Farm Briefs Push Privatized Commodity Commissions
John Wray, Ottawa soybean farmer and Kansas Soybean Association director, urged the Kansas Legislature to privatize commodity commissions. He said elected grower representation would boost accountability and fund allocation for research, education, promotion, and market development, noting Nebraska’s 1991 switch. HB 2674 passed the House on Feb 22 and moves to the Senate.
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Wray
John Wray
Ottawa
Kansas
Kansas Soybean Association
Senate Agricultural Committee
Nebraska
Kansas House
Senate
Expansion of Prairieland beef plant eyed for 450 jobs
Arkansas City poised to approve a $90 million Future Beef expansion of the Prairieland Processing plant in Cowley County. The project would triple plant operations, boost employment from about 350 to up to 800, and needs final financing and water supply approval before construction in June.
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Arkansas City
Cowley County
Prairieland
Joe Shriver
Shriver
Future Beef
Farm alchemy turning brown to gold in Kansas water reuse
Kansas researchers explore turning sewage lagoon overflow into value added irrigation. Sub surface drip systems, 18 inches deep, could deliver nutrient rich water to crops while reducing odors and pollution. Barnes advocates careful management to keep water in root zone.
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Barnes
Kansas
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