Cattle futurity to be tried again this year
The Franklin and Anderson County Extension offices will jointly sponsor a steer futurity to provide producers non biased data on economic performance and carcass traits. It aims to collect data on feed efficiency and merchandising while encouraging ownership retention and open participation. Last year 14 producers signed up 91 head, with cattle placed in a feed lot on December 3. For information call Franklin County 229-3520 or Anderson County Extension 785-448-6826.
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Jill Zimmerman
Anderson County Extension Farm
Zimmerman
Franklin County
Congress to push food safety package after terror fears
Congress considers hiring hundreds of new food inspectors and lab technicians and authorizing seizure or recall of tainted products to protect the food supply. Agriculture officials seek more guards for pathogen labs as safety measures expand amid terrorism concerns and a large potential economic impact from contamination.
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Agriculture Department
Richard Durbin
D-Ill
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Ann Veneman
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New York
Bush Administration
Food and Agriculture Security
Agri-Tag license drive boosts Kansas farming education
Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom seeks 500 commitments to launch Agri-Tag plates with a 25 donation and 48.50 personalization fee. Barbara Oplinger administers the program, describing a $150,000 budget need to reach $190,000, plus shows like Connecting Kansas Kids, Crops & Critters and K-12 teacher workshops at Kansas State University to integrate agriculture into classrooms.
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Barbara Oplinger
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Bluemont Hall
Mid-Campus Drive
Manhattan
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Ksu
Kansas
Emporia
Concordia
Kansas State University
Overbrook Livestock Prices and National Slaughter Cattle Summary
Readable odds and prices show Overbrook sale ranges from 4-500 lb steers 92-104 and up to 7-800 lb steers 83-89 with heifers generally lower. National figures reflect a 1.00 live and 2.00 dressed decline, with boxed beef at 108.6 and cash trades totaling 169,350 through Thursday amid a cautious, orderly market.
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Japan
USDA
Midwest
High Plains
Coffey County 4-H Agent Wins Clover Award
Rita Dawson, Coffey County extension agent, named a 2001 Clover Award winner by the Kansas Association of 4-H Agents at the K State Research and Extension conference. With 28 years in Coffey County, her programs span family and consumer sciences and she has served on the State Child Care Advisory Board and the Small Child Task Force.
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Rita Dawson
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Kansas
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K-State Research and Extension
Addi
Dawson
Emporia Area
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