Cull Cows With Low Production
Manhattan veterinary expert Dr. Homer K Caley at Kansas State University urges production testing to improve cow efficiency. He notes each missed heat cycle costs pounds of calf and advises weighing, tagging, and culling loafers, vaccinating preweaning calves, and maintaining herd health with vaccines for IBR, BVD, clostridial diseases, and other regionally needed protections.
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1980 Kansas wheat disease losses below average
Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports 1980 wheat disease losses statewide fell to 10 percent from a four year average of 15.1 percent. Tan spot caused 3.5 percent losses, soilborne mosaic 3 percent, strawbreaker detected in Lincoln County, with minor losses from cephalosporium stripe speckled leaf blotch take all and wheat streaks mosaic. No stem rust losses occurred in 1980.
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Farm Inflation Culprit Behind Food Prices
Kansas State University economist Mike Sands argues inflation is driven by demand and supply dynamics, not food costs alone. He notes CPI sensitivity is low for meat and farm prices, cites past inflation cycles, and explains regulatory and energy factors drive cost-push inflation while food remains highly variable.
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