State hog bill advances in Senate with county election amendment
A Senate committee approved a bill regulating hog farms and sent it to the full Senate. An amendment by Sen. Tim Huelskamp would allow binding county elections on corporate hogs in Meade and Seward counties if voters choose, expiring in 1998. Residents and the hog industry weigh impacts as the measure moves forward.
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Sopera
Senate
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Meade
Seward
Meade County
Huelskamp
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Seaboard Farms
Kansas
Seaboard
Allen
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Don Carlson
State Health Department
Robert Tyson
R-Parker
Carlson
Don Biggs
Dleavenworth
USDA predicts record corn and soybean plantings this year
The Agriculture Department forecasts a spring planting boom with 80.8 million acres of corn, a 1 percent rise and the largest since 1985, and 72 million acres of soybeans, up 2 percent to a potential 2.8 billion bushels. Wheat seedings fall 6 percent and cotton down 4 percent. Illinois and Nebraska lead soybean acreage gains with about 400,000 more acres each.
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Agriculture Department
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Illinois
Nebraska
Wheat fields need sunshine from drying weather
Kansas wheat fields face standing water in parts of the state with forecasts of drier conditions needed to root and take fertilizer. 79 percent of the 1998 crop is rated good or excellent, with Reno and western Kansas farmers noting improved stands but wary of lingering wet fields.
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Hutchinson News
Kansas
Norman Roth
Reno County
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Robert Bacon Jr
Reno
Keith Allen
Kismet
North Dakota Students See Farming Hope Fading
More than 600 agriculture students at five North Dakota colleges were surveyed. While 63 percent would farm after graduation if given the opportunity, only 43 percent believe they will. Obstacles include startup capital and low profit potential.
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