Public hearings planned on Seaboard hog farms in western Kansas
State regulators will hold hearings in Kearny and Wallace counties to hear citizen concerns about large hog farms proposed by Kenneth Davis Todd Graham and Jim Hicks for Seaboard Farms. Hearings start 7 p.m. Nov 30 in Lakin and 7 p.m. Dec 1 in Sharon Springs with testimony on environmental and health impacts and permit approvals for the Great Bend processing plant plans.
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Frankie Summers
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State eyes smooth switch to new sales tax computers
Officials fear temporary revenue shortfalls as the Department of Revenue tests a new computer system to collect and distribute city and county sales taxes. The agency plans to delay full operation until mid December with contingency payments preserving local funds.
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Karla Pierce
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Wheat seed shortage shocks Kansas farmers and seed suppliers
Kansas farmers nearly finished planting winter wheat as a surprise shortage of certified seed hits, with Jagger and 2137 sold out across the state. Daryl Strouts and Brett Myers say high demand, driven by wetter conditions and storage concerns, strained supplies as farmers shift to other varieties and options.
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Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Strouts
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Kansas harvests progress and drought strain grain crops
The Kansas weather report shows wheat 97 percent harvested with 82 percent emerged. corn 83 percent and soybeans 80 percent completed. Sorghum 74 percent done. sunflowers 69 percent. Wheat and seed issues, drought, and LDP effects cited. Officials note seed carryover and certification shortfalls amid prices and loan programs.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Labette judge to hear sheriff's perjury case
The state Supreme Court appointed Labette County District Judge Robert J. Fleming to handle Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley's perjury case, replacing withdrawn Judge Marla Luckert. Trial dates include Nov. 8 for removal civil action and Nov. 29 for a preliminary perjury hearing.
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State Supreme Court
Labette County
Robert J. Fleming
Shawnee County
Dave Meneley
Fleming
Marla Luckert
Supreme Court
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Meneley
Prayer study links intercessory prayer to fewer heart complications
A randomized study of 990 coronary care patients at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City found those prayed for daily by volunteers for four weeks suffered about 10 percent fewer complications such as chest pain and cardiac arrest. Patients and staff were unaware of group assignments.
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Chicago
William S. Harris
Mid America Heart Institute
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