Welcome to the Agriculture section

Welcome to the new Agriculture section of sjnewsonline.com.

Ag sales, workshops, sign-ups and meetings

Conservation tree seedling sales; watershed meeting; grazing workshops are just a few of the many events outlined for the agricultural industry.

Senator Roberts: Administration Should Withdraw Entire Rule Threatening Family Farms

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.

Claims Package Available for Hispanic and/or Women Farmers and Ranchers

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.

Grant will help Kansas Veterans become involved in agriculture

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.

Stafford County 4H members spread their message with window displays

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.

St. John farmer wins State Fair Market Wheat Show

Leon Dunn wins State Fair Market Wheat Show

Bindweed: A Noxious Invasive, Goin’ to Town

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.

Crops around St. John suffer damage from Tuesday's storms

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.

Insight - Unlike the days of yesteryear

   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.

FSA approves emergency haying of CRP acreage for some Kansas counties

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

Undesirable grasses harmful to livestock

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.

Willie Nelson to be inducted into agriculture hall of fame at Kansas City Farm Aid concert

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

DATE CHANGES - Soil tunnel trailer exhibit at Stafford County Fair shows life underground

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 hits Stafford County

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.

Upper Arkansas Basin Advisory Committee to hold meeting in Garden City

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.

Additional Kansas Counties approved for CRP Emergency Grazing

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.

Wheat plot tour scheduled for May 25

The annual Stafford County Extension Wheat Variety Plot Tour will be held May 25.

Stafford County implementing new procedures for controlled burns

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.

Insight - Praying for Rain

   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.

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