Ghanaian Looks At Kansas For Farm Help In Lindsborg
Ghanaian parliament member Thomas Aubyn toured the Lindsborg Regional Tree Growing Station seeking compost and tree growing methods to restore soil and forests in Ghana. He aims to establish multiple tree and compost centers to replant hardwoods and improve degraded land across Africa.
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Kan
Thomas Aubyn
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Ghana
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Rubyn
Kansas
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Adell
CNN
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Africa
Farmland investment surges in Kansas as yields rise
The 1997 Kansas land value survey shows a 4 percent jump from 1996 as crop yields and farm income climb. Investors, many existing landowners with cash, snap up acres amid urban-area price spikes. young farmers face stiffer competition while leases shift toward greater landowner returns.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Monty Mensch
Farmers National Co
Omaha
Kan
Anthemi
Arlan Suderman
Schwieterman Marketing
Fred DeLano
Farm Management Association
Kansas State University
DeLano
Wichita
Joe Biggs
Flint Hills
Berry farmers bail out of Oregon raspberries
Beavercreek Oregon AP reports berry growers across the northern Willamette Valley abandon raspberries and switch to more profitable crops due to low prices from imports and rival production in Washington. Growers received about 45 cents per pound this year, versus costs near 50 cents.US frozen raspberries on hand rose 37 percent to 68 million pounds by September. Chilean and Yugoslav berries and cheaper Mexican strawberries intensify competition.
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Ore
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Washington
J.M. Smucker Co
Bob Conroy
Kerr Concentrate Inc
U.S
Conroy
Chile
Yugoslavia
Tom Diericks
Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission
Osage County Farm Bureau wins Idea Exchange Award
Osage County Farm Bureau named a national winner in the American Farm Bureau Federation Idea Exchange Program for its Franklin-Osage Legislative Tour. About 60 farmers, legislators, and staffers joined the summer bus tour, with a presentation planned at the federation convention in Charlotte North Carolina in January.
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Osage County Farm Bureau
Kansas
American Farm Bureau Federation
Osage County
Osage Farm Bureau
Franklin- Osage County
Charlotte
N.C
Rain hampers Georgia Sweet carrot crop in Alma area
Heavy October rains soaked fields in four Georgia counties, ending hopes for a second Georgia Sweet harvest. Jean Jordan notes seeds washed away and fields turned to gullies and mud. Extension agent Danny Standland warns that one inch can damage, eight to ten inches devastate freshly plowed ground.
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Alma
Georgia
Jean Jordan
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