New farm bill offers aid to area landowners
ANCO News Service reports Kendall Kissel of USDA NRCS outlines 1996 Farm Bill provisions aimed at directing conservation gains into the next century. Programs include CRP extended to 2002, EQIP funding about 130 million in 1996 and 2002 onward, Wetland Reserve Program extension, and new incentives to protect water quality, wildlife habitat, grazing lands, and farmland, with cost-share up to 75 percent and contract terms five to ten years.
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Arnett
Kendall Kissel
Usda Natural Resources Conservation Service
Kissel
National Resources Conservation Foundation
Leo Wiederholt
Usda Farm
Anderson County
Wiederholt
EQIP
Grand Finale beef show honors go to Marick Schneider
Marick Schneider won both grand and reserve champion titles at the Grand Finale Spring Beef show in Greeley Colorado. A 928 pound Maine Anjou steers claimed the grand crown while a 972 pound Chianina took reserve. Schneider earned 1500 in savings bonds with top exhibitors receiving 1000 and 500 bonds. The event attracted competitors from Colorado Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas with ninety nine head of cattle.
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Anco News Service
Arnett
Greeley
Colo
Kan
Schneider
Maine Anjou
Ile
Kevin Jensen
Courtland
Anderson County High School
FFA
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Monica Peine
Kelly Riley
John Morgan
Leedy
Okla
Kyle Conley
Cameron
Kim Friends
Overbrook
David Peine
Veneers
Jacob Ellis
Garnett
Megan Rolf
le Roy
Mark Maris
LaCygne
Jessica LaRue
Waverly
Dana Pracht
Westphalia
Mark Ellis
Gamnett
Matt Jones
Ney Riley
Jared Anderson
Richmond
Cattle Market Downturn Pinches Kansas Producers
Jim Meetz, Kansas Livestock Association president, says the cattle market downturn since late 1993 is a generations‑long cycle that hurts feedlots and cow‑calf operators. Some producers may exit, but rain could lift prices. opportunities may come as the cycle turns.
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Mike Corn
Hays Daily News
Harris
Ighton
Jimmy
Meetz
Kansas Livestock Association
Lane County
Dighton
Agriculture in the Classroom gains steam in Kansas
The Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom hires Sandra Kramer from Emporia State University to lead ag literacy efforts from Manhattan. Board members and participants plan summer teacher courses as Lydia Roberts joins the American Angus Association and Kansas Corn Growers launches an online information home page. Crop and cattle notes discuss alternative summer crops, weed control, and rising beef slaughter impacting prices amid drought and market pressure.
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Kansas Foundation For Agriculture
Franklin County
Sandra Kramer
Emporia State University
Foundation
Manhattan
Kramer
Joyce Wasmund
Princeton
Jack Beauchamp
Ottawa
Nila Meyer
Osage City
Fred Pearson
Lee Weis
Williamsburg
Jere White
Garnett
Call Kramer
Roberts
American Angus Association
Lydia Roberts
Pomona
St. Joseph
Kansas Corn Growers
Com Commodity Markets
Usda News
Kansas Corn Growers Association
KCGA
Kansas Com
Kansas
CornHead University
Kansas Corn
Kanza
Sudan
Jim Shroyer
Kansas State University Extension
David Regehr
K-State
Regehr
James Mintert
Kansas State University
Cooperative Extension Service
Mintert
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Maine
Matt Penser
Lacy Gleve
Darick Schneider
Anjou
Joszen N. Simone
MLD
F.A.C.S
Brapzey
R. Kwariszeski
M.D
Conricten Ophthalmologists
Ransom Hospital
Medicare
Kansas Blue Shield
Mid-America Health Network
HMO Kansas Thurs
FBI
Hamill Landscape
Massachusetts
Lawrence
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