Budget tug of war stalls farm payments
Lon Lyman, a 52 year old rancher in North Dakota, awaits nearly 30000 dollars from the Agriculture Department under the Conservation Reserve Program. The delayed payments stem from a budget standoff between Republicans and Democrats as Congress struggles with spending bills and the Clinton administration.
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Ashington
Lon W Lyman
Agriculture Department
Okiaton
Lyman
Congress
Conservation Reserve Program
America
Farmers
Clinton
Capitol
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Glickman
Tim Johnson
D-S.c
Earl Pomeroy
D-N.d
Critics decry ISU research plan on odors
Critics from Iowa farmers oppose a $9.9 million Iowa State University plan aimed at reducing odors from hog operations. They argue state subsidies would favor large-scale farms, potentially squeezing family farmers and extending manure spills.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
State University
Ginter
Mortis Smith
Union County
Faris
Dry year slows Kansas wheat grazing and harvest progress
In 1995 Sunflower State farmers face dry soil as wheat pasture and stocker cattle move into pasture with limited rain. Kansas Agriculture Statistics shows only 12 percent of next year’s wheat up and topsoil moisture well below normal in Southwest and Southeast regions while fall harvest inches forward with 45 percent of corn, 28 percent of milo, and 35 percent of soybeans harvested.
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Kansas
Sunflower
Gary Gold
Extension
Stevens County
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest
Stacy Campbell
Morton County
Colorado
Barber County
Glenn Newdigger
Newdigger
Kansas Agricultural
Cattle field day at KSU marks 50 years of range research
Kansas State University hosts a noon start range field day at the Rannells Flint Hills Prairie Research Area south of Manhattan on October 27. Clinton Owensby will present a historical review of 50 years and cover current work. Sessions will follow on grazing season effects, supplementation, and grazing fire management. Contact Owensby at 913 532 7232 for details.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Rannells
Flint Hills
Here
Clinton Owensby
KSU
Department of Agronomy
Department of Animal Science and Industry and Cooperative Extension Service
Owensby
Waconda S shines at Iowa Pony of Americas event
Waconda S a Pony of the Americas from Springbrook Farm Rantoul placed sixth among 34 in the weanling colts class at the Select Sire Futurity Des Moines Iowa Hank Freter Sperry Okla showed Waconda at the fair and Iowa sale In Kansas Waconda placed second in weanling colt class and first in futurity at the Kansas State Fair McClaren raised the colt and plans spring handicaps USDA reorganization shifts Farm Service Agency Ottawa office serves several counties to cut costs Weather helps harvest and wheat seeding but yields lag long-term averages Feeder cattle prices may slip as corn futures rise with Kansas projections adjusted by Mintert
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Hank Freter
Des Moines
Iowa
Waconda S
Springbrook Farm
Rantoul
Betty McClaren
Joseph S
Black
Super Cute
Sperry
Okla
Waconda
Pony of Americas
McClaren
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
Franklin County
E. 23Rd
Suite 3
Farm Service Agency
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Services
ASCS
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
FCIC
Rural Economic and Community Development
RECD
Ottawa
FSA
Anderson
Franklin
Johnson
Linn
Miami
Osage
Shawnee
Lawrence
Clinton
Kansas
Dodge City
James Mintert
Kansas State University Extension
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Campbell
Department
ISU
Williamsburg
Des Moines, Iowa
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M.D
Ph. D
F.A.C.S. Braorey
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Bongo
Centhriep
Opitthalm
Suggists
Ransom Hospital
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