Dixon Springs Forestry Field Days Highlight Future Techniques
Dixon Springs Agricultural Experiment Station in Pope County hosts Forestry Field Days October 14 15. High school tours October 14 run 10 am to 2 pm while public tours October 15 run 9 am to 4 pm with sessions at the administration HQ. Exhibits from state and federal agencies cover pine spacing wildlife management food plots fence line management timber studies and nutrient cycling.
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University of Illinois
Dixon Springs Agricultural Experiment Stations
Illinois Natural History Survey
U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Department of the Interior
Illinois Department of Conservation
Illinois
U.S. Forest Service
Pope County
Les Arnold
Dixon Springs
Prairie elevators guard Kansas farm bounty in steel towers
In Macksville Kansas the tallest local structures are grain elevators that store crops worth billions for the state's economy. Elevator operator Orian Kephart explains the high storage capacity and daily checks ensuring moisture control dust prevention and safety while weighing and sorting crops for market.
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Macksville
Kan
Agricultural Society
Middle America
Kansas
OPEC
Sam Reda
Kansas Grain Inspection Department
Orian Kephart
Kephart
Colorado
English Brothers
St. John
Topeka
Bag ripening best for tomatoes say SIU scientist
SIU horticulturist John Preece says ripe flavor suffers from sun ripening and that placing green tomatoes in a dark paper bag speeds ripening. A slice of apple releases ethylene, accelerating color. Frost protection and picking green before frost preserve some flavor.
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John Preece
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Preece
Siuc School of Agriculture
Florida
Mexico
Tamaroa farm wife named to USDA education task force
Jean Ibendahl of Tamaroa has been appointed to a 14 member U S Department of Agriculture education task force by Secretary John Block. The panel, formed after a Washington workshop in June, includes farm groups USDA staff and educators to plan future school agricultural materials.
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Jean Ibendahl
Tamaroa
USDA
U.S
Artment of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
John Block
Washington
Ichendahl
Illinois
Illinois Women For Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Block
Perry seeks farmers for board
Perry County invites farm owners or operators to join a five member County Farmland Assessment Review Committee. A three farm operator seat, plus Supervisor of Assessments John Hammack and the review board chair compose the panel. Farm operators are appointed by the chair. Notify the supervisor of assessments to be considered.
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Perry County
Board of Review
Supervisor of Assessments
John Hammack
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