USDA signals ongoing pressure as 1985-86 wheat crops rise
The USDA released crop production supply demand and grain stocks data on May 10, forecasting a large U.S. winter wheat crop, fading demand, rising stocks, and continued price pressure. Production totals include 1.974 billion bushels for winter wheat, with soft red at 374.2 million and hard red at 1.3 billion bushels, while exports are down and ending stocks rise to about 1.62 billion bushels next year.
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Melissa Cordonier
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
USDA
Commodity Credit Corp
Ussr
Extension Meetings Highlight June Grain Topics
The Franklin County Extension Office hosts two June meetings for grain farmers. On June 10 at 8 p.m. at Celebration Hall Gary Kilgore will discuss double crop sunflowers after wheat and related practices, with seed-company reps present. June 11 features a field tour at East Central Kansas Experiment Field in Baim led by Kilgore and Keith Janssen, testing winter wheat, winter barley, spring oats, and spring wheats and barleys.
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Franklin County Extension Office
Gary Kilgore
Area Extension Agronomist
East Central Kansas Experiment Field
Baim
Kilgore
Keith Janssen
Kansas State swine specialist Maxson joins extension team
Paul F. Maxson arrives at Kansas State University as the new extension swine specialist. He has already attended four of five area planning sessions, helped with a narrowing school, and prepared talks for two swine producer meetings statewide. He replaces Steve Pollmann who moved to private industry. Maxson hails from Delano, California, and will work with Jim at KSU.
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Maxson
Manhattan
Paul F. Maxson
Kansas State University
Steve Pollmann
Delano
Calif
Jim
KSU
FmHA To Finish Loans Soon In Franklin County
Franklin County FmHA office nears completion of loan processing. County supervisor Elton Murrow notes growing operating loan totals for crops and confirms only a few loans remain to close. Some applicants await guaranteed loan decisions from the Reagan program. Extra staff aided processing through the period.
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Franklin County
Fmha
Elton Murrow
Murrow
Mustard In Wheat And Alfalfa Threatens Livestock In Kansas
An early warm wet spring has mustard appearing in wheat and alfalfa fields across Kansas. Extension veterinarian Dr Lowell D. Breeden warns this plant can injure or kill livestock, with symptoms from vomiting and diarrhea to blindness and blindness, photosensitization, and loss of appetite. Treatment includes milk laxatives and supportive care. prevention relies on early spring spraying with 2-4 D, though wet conditions reduced effectiveness this year.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Lowell
D. Breeden
Kansas State University
Breeden
Cattle experts urge weight over calf crop in profit plan
Kansas State veterinarian Dr. Mark Spire warns producers that focusing on percent bred ignores total beef output. He urges maximizing weaned weights, shortening calving seasons, and eliminating open or poor-performing cows to boost pounds of beef and overall profit in Flint Hills and beyond.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Mark Spire
College of Veterinary Medicine
Flint Hills
Kansas
Spire
Spice
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