Reading of crop reports shows surprises in corn and soybean yields
USDA's latest fall crop estimate puts corn at 10.1 billion bushels with a 137.7 bu/acre yield, possibly the largest production on record. Soybeans rise to a record 2.78 billion bushels with a 38 bu/acre yield. exports unchanged at 2.275 billion bushels despite low commitments.
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Manhattan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bill Tierney
Kansas State University
USDA
Tierney
K-State Research and Extension
Livestock Prices and Market Summary From Kansas City
Livestock price sheet shows steers and heifers in various weight brackets with values from 4- to 7-hundreds pounds, cows and bulls higher by per cent ranges. Kansas City figures: week totals, slaughter cattle trade mostly steady, boxed beef up, and Midwest Direct Markets listing steers, heifers, and dressed bulls with price bands. Packer demand improves with cold northern weather. USDA cutout values rise modestly. Varsity lamb and hog markets show weekly gains. lamb carcasses steady and cutout values mixed.
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Midwest
High Plains
USDA
Barrows
Gills
Kansas State at national livestock contest in Louisville
Kansas State University handler David Peine of Garnett finished ninth as K-State placed second overall at the national livestock judging championships in Louisville. Michigan State won with 4698 points, K-State 4693, after trailing by 10 with one event left. Oregon State was third. Texas A&M fourth. Colorado State fifth among 26 teams and 130 competitors. Two more Kansas 4-H delegates head to the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta November 24 to 28 alongside about 1300 delegates from the U S and territories.
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Louisville
Kansas State University
David Peine
Garnett
K-State
Michigan State
Kstate
Scott Schaake
Oregon State
Texas A&m
Colorado State
Franklin County
Atlanta
Kansas
Whitney Coen
Donna Krueger
Lydia Roberts
United States
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Ag Profitability Conference scheduled for Northeast Kansas
K State Research and Extension and the Kansas Farm Management Association sponsor an Ag Profitability Conference for Northeast Kansas farmers and ranchers on December 6 at the Knights of Columbus Hall Nortonville. Topics include energy prices farm financials 2001 crop revenue insurance and beef strategies with a 15 dollar early fee and lunch included. Contact Brad Lubben at the Northeast Area Extension Office 785 532 2276 or blubben oznet ksu edu to register.
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K-State Research and Extension
Kansas Farm Management Association
Kansas
Knights of Columbus Halle
Nortonvillen
Nortonville
Brad Lubben
Northeast
Northeast Kansas
Lubben
Northeast Area
Blubben
Oznet
Ksu
Edu
Best Time for Family Farms Then and Now
The piece reflects on the shifting U.S. farming landscape since World War II, noting smaller families supported by larger farms today, dairy consolidation, genetic gains in corn and wheat, and cheaper food policies. It weighs nostalgic social values against progress, arguing the “golden age” was brief and unrepeatable, urging pursuit of better times ahead.
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America
Trego County
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
USDA
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