Meeting on emergency cattle feeding in Lake Garnett area
A 6 p.m. September 28 meeting at Lake Garnett Community Building will address emergency forage and feeding as drought and heat strain Anderson Franklin and surrounding counties. Extension agents outline water scarcity, CRP adjustments, and plans for maintaining herds with limited resources while considering a winter selloff and potential price effects. A free hamburger fry precedes the session, and participants should call the Extension office by September 27 to RSVP.
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Anderson County
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Anderson County Extension Office
Vote on pork checkoff goes through this week
Hampton Iowa AP story on the planned referendum to repeal or retain the mandatory pork checkoff. It details farmer Mark McDowell and others arguing the program hurts prices and livelihood, the fund's history since 1986, and the campaign battles with ads and spending by both supporters and opponents. Absentee voting began Aug. 18 with in person voting in county offices and results expected in early December.
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Mankato
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National Pork Board
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Franklin County
National Park Producers Council
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
Hugh Espey
Iowa CCI
Des Moines
TNT Lounge
Espey
Neil Hart
Iowa State University
Apathy at State Fair farm meeting exposes empty seats
At the Kansas State Fair in the Farm Bureau Arena, attendees were sparse as U S Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback and U S Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman spoke on farm policy. The event highlighted public disinterest in farm and trade issues despite large audience turnout inside the gates.
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Farm
Kelly Lenz
U. S
Pat Roberts
Sam Brownback
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Kansas
Roberts
U.S
House Agriculture Committee
Glickman
House
Brownback
Livestock Prices at Overbrook Livestock Commission
On September 11 market activity showed steers between 98 and 108.50 with heifers from 93 to 101, and higher ranges for 5 to 6 hundred pound lots. Prices for 700 to 800 pound steers around 85 to 91, heifers 82 to 86 with no test data for certain weights. Slaughter cows and bulls held steady with high dressing cows 38 to 43, bulk cows 35 to 40 and bulls at 46.52.
Unapproved StarLink bio corn found in Taco Bell shells
A report says unapproved StarLink biotech corn, engineered to kill European corn borers and approved only for animal feed, was detected in taco shells sold in grocery stores under Taco Bell branding. EPA and FDA officials said they are reviewing test results and possible illegal human consumption risks.
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Taco Bell
Iowa
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
David Cohen
EPA
Aventis Corp
StarLink
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