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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1983
Page
4
Chuck Marr of KSA explains tomato history from the Andes to Italy and France to the United States. Early Americans doubted safety due to nightshade links, with broad acceptance after the Civil War. today tomatoes are widely grown commercially and at home.
Time to feed cool season lawns with fescue bluegrass or rye grass. Read seed labels and choose adapted varieties. Overseeding and new lawn steps are outlined in Tall Fescue Lawns. A timber management school is planned for October 14 near Greeley with extension foresters and biologists on the program. For home insect control, seal houses with barrier sprays and treat around foundations and entry points using diazinon or Dursban mixed as a 4.5 percent finished spray.
Kansas State University agronomy and plant pathology staff lead a funded project titled Soybean Improvement through Genetic Manipulation to create high yielding disease resistant varieties suited to Kansas. Principal investigators W T Schapaugh Jr and Fred W Schwenk oversee a $49374 grant aimed at boosting yield potential and protecting soybeans from disease and stress, with far reaching gains for growers through faster breeding and stress tolerance.
Kansas State extension grain marketing specialist Bill Tierney warned lenders that USDA forecasts for corn and soybeans are overly optimistic. He noted futures and cash prices diverge, predicting higher national averages yet urging farmers to hedge with futures up to 70 percent of the 1983 crop and wait for a better basis after harvest.
Kansas State University extension livestock analyst Mike Sands says USDA’s 10-state Hogs and Pigs report signals high hog inventories and likely lower prices this fall. Slaughter and pork production are expected to rise into early 1984, with peak hog sales in late October or early November potentially dropping prices to 36 to 37 dollars per hundredweight.
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