Counties Explore Feedlot Rules Amid Kansas Law Restrictions
Environmental engineer Kathy Martin told Seward County officials that HB 2950 limits local home rule power over confined animal feeding operations. The task force noted costs of rules on 16 affected operations, while the county may need enforcement staff if regulations are adopted.
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Seward County
Kansas
Kathy Martin
Martin
Seward County Commission
Citizens
Ann Harrison
Harrison
Task Force
Dan Massoni
State of Oklahoma
Hayes
Seward
Echinacea grows to gold in rural Kansas yard
In Manhatten Kansas Hortons and neighbors grow echinacea as a cash crop. A quarter-acre patch near Maxine Rice’s yard yields significant profits, with roots selling for up to 7,200 dollars per acre and dried snakeroot at 17.50 to 30 dollars per pound. Community growers note labor intensive harvesting and special digging tools.
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Anhattyan
Kan
Maxine Rice
Horton
U.S
Herb Research Foundation
Boulder
Colo
Mike Bonilla
People’s Grocery Cooperative
Manhattan
Food and Drug Administration
Rhonda Janke
Kansas State University Extension
Kansas
Janice
Kelly Kindscher
Kansas University Systematics and Ecology Department
Rice
Plains States
United States
Massachusetts weighs flat milk payments to aid small farms
Massachusetts officials propose a regional milk pricing plan to shift New England dairy support from large to small farms. The plan would set a flat payment based on average production, potentially reducing incentives to overproduce while requiring state and regional approval.
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Pringfield
Mass
Massachusetts
New England
Jonathan Healy
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
New England States
Healy
Congress
Ken Becker
Compact Commission
Connecticut
Maine
Becker
Minnesota University Trims Its Farm Herd on Campus
The University of Minnesota in St Paul is cutting its farm animal herds drastically. Sheep numbering 1000 in 1992 have fallen to 70 this year, swine from 2000 to 470, and poultry from 5000 birds to about 500. The move aims to save on manure disposal costs and adapt to computer modeled research.
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ST. Paul, Minn
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Mike Martin
University
Jerry Hawton
Wichita Farm and Ranch Show Nov. 10 12 at Kansas Coliseum
The fourth Sedgwick County Farm and Ranch Show runs November 10th to 12th at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita with free admission and parking. Live cattle chute demos,9 chute manufacturers, and exhibitor booths plus livestock and crop seminars daily. Grand prize is a $3,995 Hotsy washer. winner need not attend. Seminars include wind breaks, beef rationing, planting tech, and crop production topics hosted by Sedgwick County Extension and KFRM Radio excerpts.
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Ichita
Sedgwick County Farm and Ranch
Kansas Coliseum
Sedgwick County
Kfrm Radio
Marian Calmer
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