Welcome to the new Agriculture section of sjnewsonline.com.
Conservation tree seedling sales; watershed meeting; grazing workshops are just a few of the many events outlined for the agricultural industry.
Following the announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that it will reconsider a portion of a proposed child labor rule, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today called on the department to withdraw the entire rule to protect the ability of youth to work on the family farm.
State Conservationist Eric B. Banks, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Salina, reminds Hispanic and/or Women Farmers and Ranchers that they still have the opportunity to request a claims package that was announced by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in early 2011.
While some veterans returning home have jobs waiting for them, many do not and are returning to rural areas where jobs can be scarce. The USDA Risk Management Agency has awarded Kansas Farmers Union, the Center for Rural Affairs and eight additional partner organizations with funding intended to introduce new veteran farmers and ranchers to various areas of agriculture, and thereby find solutions to the employment and economic challenges facing so many rural veterans.
The first week in October is National 4-H week, each year Stafford County’s 4-H Council, a combination of officers from all three clubs, sponsors a poster contest and a window display contest across the county - promoting 4-H.
Gardeners have yet to take field bindweed as seriously as rural landowners do. So, the plant-strangling, perennial vine is making real inroads into urban landscapes.
Farmers around St. John suffered some serious losses to crops in Tuesday nights hail storm.
Russ Devore, Devore Farms, looked at a field of marked up watermelons and pumpkins Wednesday morning.
In years past, most homes in rural Kansas were never locked. In fact, if there was a key around the house, few family members knew about it.
Adrian J. Polansky, State Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Kansas announced today that emergency haying of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage has been approved beginning July 16, 2011, for Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Gray, Ford, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, McPherson, Meade, Morton, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Seward, and Stafford counties. According to the Drought Monitor, these counties are listed at level D3-Extreme Drought. All of these counties, except Sedgwick, are also approved for CRP emergency grazing.FSA
The relentless drought that has settled over much of Kansas and states across the south brings more problems than the lack of pasture forage growth for livestock producers.
Today, Farm Aid and the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame announced that Farm Aid founder and president Willie Nelson will be inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame.
FARM AID PRESIDENT WILLIE NELSON TO BE INDUCTED INTO
THE AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME
The Stafford County Conservation District is pleased to announce the Soil Tunnel Trailer will be on display at the Stafford County Fair Wednesday and Thursday July 13-14.
Wheat harvest started in Stafford County earlier in the week with sparadic cuttings. By Thursday it was getting into full swing. Statewide yields and test weights have been below average, but above some expectations with the dry growing season.
The Kansas Water Office‘s (KWO) Upper Arkansas Basin Advisory Committee (BAC) will hold a meeting to discuss current water issues affecting the basin area as well as the state.
Adrian J. Polansky, State Executive Director of the Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced today that emergency grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage has been approved for Finney and Pawnee counties in Kansas.
The annual Stafford County Extension Wheat Variety Plot Tour will be held May 25.
A recent rash of controlled burns becoming out-of-control fires have prompted the Stafford County fire department to implement some new procedures, and possibly new fines.
Like all Americans, Kansans are paying higher prices for their food. Attribute this rise in costs to Mexican freezes or tight supplies in the pork market, still we’re all digging deeper into our pockets to pay for our next meal.
By John Schlageck a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.
