Inventor develops hog waste treatment system in North Carolina
Environmental officials near approval for a new hog farm sewage system that could replace lagoons and field spraying. A concrete 32 by 60 foot pool processes waste from four barns, needing four acres of land versus 28 for lagoons, with reduced odor. Inventor Don Lloyd seeks state permits and patents while a NC Agriculture Department contract funds testing at a state farm.
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Eulaville, N.C
Enviironmental
Joey Carter
Don Lloyd
Lloyd
North Carolina
Charlotte
State Division of Water Quality
Preston Howard
Howard
North Carolina Agriculture
Lloyd’s Company
Lloyd’s
Bean pests smarter than farmers threaten Iowa soybeans
MES Iowa AP A tiny worm, the soybean cyst nematode, ravages soy fields causing multi million dollar damage. Experts say SCN is the top robber of Iowa yields and neighboring states. The state funds 300000 for research while strategies include crop rotation and resistant varieties. A promising fungus may reach commercialization in years.
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Mes
Iowa
Greg Tulka
Iowa State University
U.S
SCN
Kirk Leeds
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Tulka
Tylka
Towa
Arkansas
Ottawa Co-op employee certified as Kansas CCA
Mike Selman of Ottawa has earned certification from the Kansas Certified Crop Adviser Program. The program sets base knowledge standards for crop advisers and requires passing state and national exams plus two years of advising experience and a bachelor’s in agriculture or four years of advising. Selman is among more than 234 Kansas certified crop advisers.
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Ottawa
Selman
Ottawa Co-op Association
Kansas
Anderson fair plans and new livestock ideas emerge
Anderson County Fair Board discussed ideas to boost 4-H livestock programs and fair attendance. Proposals included a carcass show, a carcass class, and an expanded livestock sale with industry leaders leading a livestock selection clinic at 9 30 a m November 9 at the Anderson County Community Building Lake Garnett Park.
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Anderson Fair
Garnett
Anco News
Anderson County
Anderson County Fair Board
Extension Department
Lake Garnett Park
Zimmerman
John Mader
Emergency disaster loans offered for crop losses in multiple Kansas counties
Farmers in Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Miami, Osage and Shawnee counties may apply for 3.75 percent emergency disaster loans through the Farm Service Agency. Applications run until May 19, 1997, with loans available for physical and production losses and for essential operating costs. Eligibility requires a family size farm, lack of credit, and at least 30 percent crop loss.
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Armers
Anderson
Douglas
Franklin
Johnson, Linn
Miami
Osage
Shawnee
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Eric J. Guenther
FSA Ag
Guenther
Ottawa
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Estes Thompson
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Okla
Mike Kubicek
Oklahoma Peanut Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gay
Grapevine
Hall
Rory E. Hall
Corey Activator
Setnec
2Nd
Mal
iPrecthione
NICS
Inwane
Bor Health
Cate
Union
Wis
Ron Phelps
Curt Harttler
Phelps
Auction Real Estate
M & E Oil & Gas Production
Integrated Petroleum Corp
Bronson, Kansas
Evensonauctioneers, Inc
Wichita
Doug Walker
Walker
Kansas Taxpayer Network
House Representatives
Dist
Li Co
Andrew Howell
Mi Co
Jene Vickery
Ralph Tanner
Robert Tyson
State Senate
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