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     Where were you when _____? Many of us can remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we first heard about: the events of 9-11, 2001; the assassination of President Kennedy; when Elvis died; Pearl Harbor; and in my case, the Kansas Day Centennial.

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    I have been fortunate and blessed over the years to have known many fine people.
One of those is Bill Vanskike. I say "is" because I am sure he is still around, I just can´t see his physical form anymore.

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You don´t have to go past Great Bend, Kansas to remember tragic ATV accidents attached to names like Gavin Neuforth and Landon Unruh. Not much farther away, an 8 year-old boy died in an ATV accident near Sterling this past spring.

     After the recent rain, I know misquitoes will be back again. The week before last, I had quite a few mosquito calls.
     Now I am here to tell you we or you are not as powerful as we think we are. We always think we know what´s best for us but that is not always the case. I am not sure why mosquitoes were put on the earth but I have full trust that God knew what he was doing. At the same time I hate getting bitten by the as much as anyone.

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June and July are typically two of the most dangerous months for Kansas farmers.

That's because these are the months when harvest-related injuries involving combines and other harvest machinery are most common.

By Richard C. Snell

If you are a summer person like I am--meaning you'll take it 100 degrees over 10 degrees every time--you are getting into your favorite time of year.

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     It looks like the attack of some mysterious orange crush from outer space or something like that! Many people have noticed the large, bright orange, jelly-like, tendril covered balls on the cedar trees since the rains started last week. These cedar-apple rust galls release millions of spores that can infect apples and crab- apples with the rust disease. There is a related disease named cedar-quince rust that infects hawthorn trees.

You deserve an award! I want to pat a lot of wheat producers on the back for getting all their nitrogen fertilizer on in spite of a long period of moist, cool weather. We only had a few days when we didn´t have frozen ground or mud hindering us. In just a few available days a lot of farmers did their top dressing. What about those who waited to call their commercial applicator or just couldn´t or didn´t get in to do it?

I don´t know about you, but this winter has given me a touch of cabin fever and I´m just itching to go to a beef cattle meeting. Unusual as it is, I haven´t been able to get to one all winter for one reason or another. Well, read on because I´ve got the opportunity for both you and I.

Calving season is here for a vast majority of beef cattle producers.  A lot of cow-calf producers still calve from late January to late February.  A lot of management is required when this time arrives.

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     Those nasty troublesome weeds! You try washing them out, spraying them out, scrubbing them out, bleaching them out, but they just keep coming back. Well, something like that anyway.

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I wish I had written this last week because a lot of you had to start feeding hay already due to the snow storm. Do you know how much protein and energy your cows will get when you start feeding your hay? Find out by following the following instructions for sampling and testing.

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How many of you remember the old Jerry Reed song, "When you´re hot - you´re hot, when you´re not - you´re not?" Recently, I was cutting up some hot jalapeno peppers out of the garden for some salsa. Even after several hand washings, I managed to get some in my eyes and nose the next morning. That hot oil stays on your skin and will burn any mucous membrane, sensitive or absorptive skin area. So watch where you touch yourself!