Elwood Seaboard hog plant faces stiff local opposition
Opponents vow continued battle as Seaboard Farms buys 140 acres west of Elwood for a 16 000 hogs per day plant. Critics cite rushed decisions and seek annexation challenges while Seaboard asserts no contingencies exist and plans to begin immediately. The project aims to hire 2300 workers and open in about four years with management from Guymon Oklahoma plant.
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Seaboard Farms
Julie Bell
Doniphan County
Seaboard
Merriam
Mark Campbell
Campbell
Charles Benjamin
Lawrence
Benjamin
Kansas
The
Sierra Club
Brenda Kirkland
Doniphan
Brown Counties
Ann Thorne
St. Joseph
Lilly
Jim Rader
Rader
Guymon
Okla
Ken Wilson
Emporia Bunge plant tour reveals soy process details
The Emporia Bunge processing plant tours explain soybeans to meal and oil production. Executives note the plant crushes 88,000 bushels daily and ships 6,000 railcars and 10,000 trucks yearly while employing 66 workers. NAFTA helped Mexico soy meal trade and droughted beans loom.
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Bunge
Emporia
Dennis Morrice
Kansas Soybean Association
David Gold
Rich Moneymaker
Kevin Collins
Mexico
NAFTA
Conference touts carbon farming in Des Moines
DES MOINES IOWA AP Farmers should be urged to adopt no till practices keeping plant stubble on the fields to cut global warming risk panelists said at a farming conference. Paul Johnson former Iowa natural resources director noted Agriculture must act proactively with conservation methods that sequester carbon in soil. About 35 to 40 percent of U.S. farmers use no tilL and related methods to store organic matter in soil. This improves moisture and nutrient retention while lowering emissions from farming.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Paul Johnson
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Overbrook Livestock Auction Prices Update
Aug 28 sale at Overbrook Livestock Commission shows steer and heifer ranges from 83 to 104 per hundredweight across lots of 4 to 800 head. Slaughter cows and bulls down 1 to 2, high dressing cows 41 to 45, bulk cows 34 to 41, bulls 47.54.
Farmer crafts bronco corn maze in Colorado Field of Dreams attracts hundreds
Glen Fritzler has carved a ten acre field near La Salle into a giant bronco shaped corn maze. Visitors paid 46 dollars to navigate clues. The agri entertainment trend grows as farmers seek extra income amid tough times, with mazes expanding from California to New York. Local residents share why the activity appeals, and experts note rising popularity nationwide.
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N.C
Macedon
Fritzler
Colorado
la Salle
Denver Broncos
Barb Atwood
Greeley
Brett Herbst
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