Calf Sale and Farm Meetings Set by Livestock Group
The Franklin County Livestock Association schedules its second Annual Club Calf Sale for Sunday October 26 at 1 30 p m at the Franklin County Sale Barn with about 45 steer prospects from local breeders. Also planned are a Beef Cow Production Meeting on October 29 at 7 30 p m in the New Courts building basement with talks on profitability and cow management, a Calving School on October 30 at 10 a m at Celebration Hall for dairy and beef producers, and a noon meal reservations deadline October 27. Creep feeding studies show heifers gain weaning weight but later reduce milk production and calf weight. Temperature humidity rainfall wind and air pressure influence insect populations and potential economic impact.
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Robert W. Bozworth
Franklin County Livestock Association
Franklin County
Franklin
Courts Building
Frank Brazie
Ed Call
Lowell Breeden
University of Ilinois
Hereford
Insects and temperature guide crop pest control
The article explains how temperature and humidity affect insect activity and survival, noting that freezes and frosts can kill pests like chinch bugs while warmth triggers hatching and growth. It highlights that weather forecasts over several days influence management, with frost and rainfall shaping disease and pest dynamics for crops such as wheat and milo.
Rural life at stake as Great Plains grain farmers face decline
Kansas State University researchers Aruna Michie and Craig Jagger study how midwestern grain farming underpins rural communities beyond food production. The survey shows medium size family farmers struggle with off farm income, land concentration, and protest movements, highlighting calls for federal help and reform to preserve communities and social order.
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Dave Redmon
Ksy
Manhattan
Great Plains
Midwest
Aruna Michie
Michie
Kansas State University
KSU
Craig Jagger
Kansas
American Agriculture Movement
America
Kassebaum To Speak At Franklin County Farm Bureau Meeting
Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum will address the Franklin County Farm Bureau annual meeting on November 8 at Ottawa University Union. Reservations for the $3 dinner are due by November 3 at the Farm Bureau office or from board members. The event includes student safety and citizenship seminar reports and election of officers and board members.
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Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Ottawa University Union
Kassebaum
U.S. Senate
Alf Landon
Kansas
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Detroit
Farm Bureau
Local Governments Must Preserve Farmland
Salina reports a Prime Agricultural Land Symposium where about 200 attendees heard Robert Binder urge local units to protect farmland. He warned land loss jeopardizes food supply, noting three million acres leave production annually and Kansas loses about 100 acres daily.
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Salina
Robert Binder
Kansas Association of Conservation Districts
Hays
Jim Johnson
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Howard Tankersley
Usda Soil Conservatin Service
Washington
Binder
Varmland
Nea
Kansas
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ROAD
Tire Service Bureau
SCOTT
Neil Satterlee
Ottawa
Aaa
Ul Shelter
Leroy
Franklin Cou
Tator
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Blue Valley
Eastgate Motel
Ope
Gerald Strader
Rigid Form, Inc
Paidon
Richmond
S. Main
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McCoy
Gene W
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Ermey
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Harold Myers
Clerks
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Marie Fritts
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