Harvest Cash Flow Helps Western Kansas Farmers Survive
A Harris News Service survey shows farmers weathering tough times with strong wheat harvests and promising fall crops. Bankers note low prices, but cattle and hog markets stay profitable. part-time farmers face more strain, while dryland areas like Elkhart report steadier conditions. Higher leverage and past land purchases complicate debt, yet rates declines and hog, cattle gains offer some relief.
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Ray Hemman
Harris
Kansas
Jim Corwin
Federal Land Bank of
Hutchinson
Hutchinson-area
Gerald Floyd
First State Bank
Elkhart
Floyd
Elkharts
Oklahoma
Morton County
Colorado
Earl McVicker
First Ag Credit Corp
Dodge City
McVicker
Farmers Home Administration
USDA
Department of Agriculture
Larry Davis
Fmha
Interest Rate Fear Sparks Sharp Stock Loss in New York
The Dow plunged 21.89 to 1,009.57 as traders reassessed higher rate risk after no Fed discount rate cut materialized. Bond prices fell as long-term yields rose, with Exxon, IBM, AT&T, and Schlumberger among notable losers. NYSE index slid to 77.81 as volume neared 40 million by noon.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Exxon
International Business Machines
American Telephone & Telegraph
Schlumberger
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Hardage attacks KDOT management in Kansas race
Sam Hardage accused the Kansas Department of Transportation of gross mismanagement and potential bid rigging. He pledged reform if elected governor. Incumbent backers dismissed the charges as false and noted cooperative steps with the attorney general.
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Topeka
Kan
Sam Hardage
State Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Bill Hoch
John
Carlin
Hardage
KDOT
John B. Kemp
Robert Stephan
Stephan
Hoch
Kemp
Wichita
Shankel named interim KU athletic director
Del Shankel will become interim athletic director at the University of Kansas after Jim Lessig leaves to become MAC commissioner. He previously served in the role during the last AD search and will assume duties November 1. A search committee of eight, chaired by Del Brinkman, will pursue a new director with a November 19 nomination deadline.
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John Kumiee
Production Credit Association
McPherson
Kumiee
Cessna Fluid
Cessna
Case
John Deere
America
Shankel
KU Athletic
Young Place
Hallowesia
J.C. Haunted House
Ottawa
TIMEX
Krame
Ars Mason
Rene
A. ) Patel
Jay
Lreck’s Inc
S. Main
Wassmer
Jaycees
Hallowesta
Shelden
Dion Wem YA
Ottawa Jaycees
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
FBI
Mionke Sun
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