Leaner beef via young bulls eyed by researchers
Kansas State University and other researchers report consumer demand for leaner beef could support using young bulls for meat production. Bulls are usually avoided due to behavior and tougher meat, but growth implants can reduce aggression and produce leaner carcasses.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Michael Dikeman
K-State
Dikeman
Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
John Brethour
Kstate
Fort Hays Experiment Station
Kansas
Brethour
Bill Meis
Hereford
Meis
Fish Pond Workshop Near Osage City Hosts May 20 Session
A fish pond management workshop will be held May 20 at the Martin Brothers farm two miles east of Osage City Airport. From 9 a.m. to noon, topics include site selection, construction, pond ecology, stocking, and management. Live traps nets and a shocker boat will help determine pond species. Sponsored by Osage County Conservation District Soil Conservation Service and Kansas Fish and Game Commission. CROPS PROGRESS Wheat in east central Kansas is jointed with over one third heading. 90 percent of area corn planted, 20 percent sorghum and 10 percent soybeans. Statewide wheat headed at 75 percent.
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Martin Brothers
Osage City
Osage County
Soil Conservation Service
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Retraining Program Aids Farmers Displaced By Slump
Kansas job training and employment program for farmers and others hit by the agricultural downturn begins July 1 led by Secretary Larry E. Wolgast. The U S Labor Department approved 1 million dollars, Kansas plans to add 200 thousand federal funds already allocated, with regional office locations forthcoming.
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Larry E. Wolgast
Kansas Department of Human Resources
U.S. Department of Labor
Kansas
John Carlin
DHR
Agricultural Jobs Training and Wheat Field Day Planned
An Ag Bulletin Board announced a six week program to aid farmers and agricultural workers with training job search and relocation services. It will involve Department of Human Resources FACTS and K State Extension with classroom training from colleges and universities. A wheat field day is set for May 28 at Southeast Kansas Experiment Station Parsons with tours and experts.
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Parsons
Southeast Kansas Experiment Station
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