Local 4-Hers Do Well At Wichita
Franklin County 4-H youths exhibited at the Kansas Junior Livestock Show in Wichita. Brett Dunlap placed 12th in medium weight crossbred lambs and 23rd in medium weight Suffolk lambs among 41 entries. Devon Kissinger's Simmental crossbred steer finished 5th in its class and made the carcass group. Sheila Channon showed two Polled Hereford heifers, placing 3rd and 5th among 168 heifers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JO Ellen Arnold
Franklin County
Kansas
Kansas Coliseum
Wichita
Brett Dunlap
Ottawa
Brett
Devon Kissinger
Simmental
Devon
Sheila Channon
Williamsburg
Sheila
Plan Alfalfa Cutting Around Dormancy
Kansas State University agronomist Jim Shroyer explains fall cutting timing for alfalfa to protect root reserves and improve next year’s yields. Cutting four weeks before dormancy supports regrowth. cutting after dormancy is safer if growth is uncertain. Delaying also reduces alfalfa weevil risk and allows post-dormancy fertility and weed control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Jim Shroyer
Extension Agronomist
Kansas State University
Shroyer
Shrayer
Kansas Farm Bureau backs 10 percent diversion for PIK wheat
Kansas Farm Bureau Vice President Doyle Rahjes calls the 10 percent diversion proposal a strong merit as a compromise between Congress and the Reagan administration. Senator Bob Dole seeks to add an amendment linking it to dairy legislation while the USDA plan already envisions a 30 percent acreage cut and 10-20 percent payment in kind.
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Manhattan
Kansas Farm Bureau
Doyle Rahjes
Rahjes
KFB
John Junior Armstrong
Bob Dole
Senate
Congress
Reagan
USDA
John Black
Block
Dole
RFB
Doyle Rahies
Kansas
Rahies
Farm Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Careful Harvesting Cuts Losses With New Equipment
Kansas farmers are urged to reduce soybean harvest losses below three percent through careful harvesting and newer machinery such as flexible cutterbars row crop heads and narrow pitch setups. A 200 acre farmer could justify about four thousand dollars for edits if it saves one bushel per acre. Ground counts guide losses, while grain storage schools in mid November teach quality and marketing.
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Robert W. Bosworth
Kansas
Combine
David Pacey
Extension
KSU
Ilinois
Louisiana
Pacey
FGIS Works On Wheat Classifications
The Federal Grain Inspection Service agrees to work with Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists to test objective methods for classifying wheat samples. A Sept. 23 Kansas State meeting highlighted misclassifications of Arkan, a KAES hard red winter wheat, as a soft red winter wheat, prompting plans to supplement visual tests with objective measures within a year.
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Manhattan
Federal Grain Inspection Service
FGIS
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
KAES
Kansas State University
Kurt Feltner
Arkan
Feltner
John Marshall
Marshall
Corn Mites Spark Kansas Crop Identification Study
A Kansas State University entomology project funded with 9000 dollars by the Kansas Corn Commission tackles misidentification between the two spotted spider mite and the Banks grass mite. The research aims to tell which mite pests corn fields face to improve timely pesticide use and reduce control failures, with the goal of offering a mite identification service and species based control recommendations. Farmers spent over 2 million dollars re-treating mite infested corn in 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Corn Commission
Lawrent L. Bushman
Department of Entomology
Kansas State University
Corn
Niacin Could Boost Milk Output In Fresh Cows
Kansas State University scientists report that adding niacin to feed for cows just after calving may raise milk production by about four pounds per day. The finding, from KAES and Lonza funded work, followed years of research on niacin's role in energy metabolism and ketosis prevention.
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Kansas State University
Garden City
Milo
Manhattan
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
KAES
T. G. Nagaraja
Dan Riddell
Erle B. Bartley
Kansas
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lonza, Inc
Bartley
Nagarja
K-State
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Pottort
Cico Park
Dodge City
Fairgrounds
Hutchinson
Farmarco
Colby
Thomas County Fairgrounds
Chanute
Bob Schoeff
Kansas Farm Electric Council
Pat Murphy
Randy Higgins
Bob Wilcox
Niacin
Columbus
Pal
Peoples National Bank & Trust
FDIC
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