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1st Monday - March 1st 1st Tuesday - Out on Leave 3rd Tuesday - March 16th 2nd Monday - March 8th 1st Tuesday - March 2nd 4th Thursday - March 25th As Scheduled Mondays: 7 AM - 11 AM 2nd Tuesday - April 13th Every other Friday - March 5th and 19th 2nd Tuesday - March 9th 2nd Tuesday - March 9th 1st and 3rd Thursday - March 4th and 18th As Scheduled As Scheduled 4th Thursday - March 25th

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Outpatient Coordinator Radiology Department Rehab Department Clinic Reception Radiology Department Clinic Reception Rehab Department Radiology Department Clinic Reception Outpatient Coordinator Laboratory Department Social Services Rehab Department Radiology Department Clinic Reception Rehab Department Respiratory Therapy Department Rehab Department Clinic Reception Clinic Reception Respiratory Therapy Department Radiology Department Respiratory Therapy Department Program Director Rehab Department OR Department Radiology Department Rehab Department

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As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 4 PM Mon/Wed/Fri: 8AM - 5PM | Tues/Thurs: 8AM - 3PM Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 4 PM As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM Wednesdays Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 5 PM As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM Tues, Wed, Fri: 8 AM - 4 PM Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM - Evening Possibilities As Scheduled As Scheduled Tues, Thurs: As Scheduled Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 4 PM Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 7 PM Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM As Scheduled As Scheduled Tues, Wed, Fri: 8 AM - 4 PM Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 5 PM

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Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Assets Sold Prairie Horizon Agri Energy, Phillipsburg, KS, has announced it has entered into a letter of intent to sell their assets to Summit Agricultural Group “Summit”. Summit is an Iowa based agribusiness operator and private equity investment firm with a track record of success owning and operating businesses across the agricultural and renewable energy sectors. Summit has direct experience in development and operations of ethanol plants through its ownership of Hawkeye Renewables (now a division of Flint Hills) and FS Bioenergia, the largest corn ethanol production company in South America. Prairie Horizon feels Summit Agricultural Group will bring value as an investor

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and expertise given their historical success operating in the biofuels sector that will provide longevity to the plant and community. Summit plans to make a large capital investment to retrofit the Prairie Horizon plant converting it to process wheat by constructing a state-of-the art food ingredients plant producing wheat protein that will be the largest of its kind in North America. In addition, the plant will produce a low-carbon ethanol. “We are excited about the opportunity to acquire the Prairie Horizon plant and believe it is a key component to our larger overall $150+ million project. As investors and operators of businesses in small com-

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Benefit Auctions Raise More Than $24,000 A live auction benefiting three KLA affiliates raised $24,375 last week. Held online using LiveAuctions.tv, bidders were able to procure bull sale credits, ranch equipment, one-of-a-kind items and unique experiences. Items sold to benefit the KLA Political Action Committee (PAC) totaled $21,100, with the proceeds to be used to help elect candidates for the state Legislature who support the Kansas livestock industry. The high-selling item for KLA PAC was a bull

sale credit donated by Gardiner Angus Ranch of Ashland, which was purchased by K Ranch of Garden City for $5,000. A total of $1,875 was generated for the Kansas Livestock Foundation. Topping the items sold was a Scientific Hay Conserver and Hay Maximizer bale feeder donated by GoBob Pipe & Steel and purchased by Chad Jones of Osawatomie for $1,100. Donated items sold on behalf of Ranchland Trust of Kansas brought $1,400 in the live auc-

tion. The high-selling item was a wildflower tour and fishing trip for six people donated by Bill Eastman of Topeka. Tim Connell of El Dorado was the winning bidder at $500. Leaders of KLA and these affiliate organizations would like to thank all the donors and buyers for their generous contributions.

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State Line Shopper fallow). Additional wheat. Producers should be from 750k to 2M live research in the 1970’s demonstrated a simiaware that hard red seeds per acre. There was no response to lar relationship. More and hard white spring seeding rate, however modern research was wheats are different this was with yield lev- conducted in 2001 market classes than els in the 20-25 bu/ac through 2005 in which hard red or hard white range. With respect to spring wheat averaged winter wheats. Addinitrogen management, 49% of winter wheat. tionally, a producer growers should consult Data would show a may have success usthe recommendations significant reduction ing on-farm storage to offered by North Da- in yield potential for allow proper segregakota State University in spring wheat relative tion, time to perform the publication SF712, to winter wheat when necessary testing of “Fertilizing Hard Red both are grown on fal- grain quality, and then Spring Wheat and Du- low. Yields are likely to direct marketing to a rum”. Spring wheat be more similar when mill. Spring wheat can immediately be produced in this rewill reach physiolog- grown ical maturity and be following a row crop. gion. Producers should harvested slightly lat- However, it is import- have marketing plans er than winter wheat ant to note, yield is not in place prior to proin our region. Spring the lone determining duction and manage wheat has been evalu- factor for the viability the crop to ensure qualated at several points of the practice. Differ- ity. Yields will likely in time in northwest ences in cost structure be less relative to winKansas. From a histor- and revenue could ter wheat due to heat ical context, during a very well make spring stress during grain fill. 35-year study at Colby wheat an economically However, there are still (1915-1950), spring feasible fallow alter- many unknowns rewheat grown on fal- native, provided that garding the production low averaged slightly quality grain can be of spring wheat and its less than ½ of winter raised and marketed long-term viability in wheat grown (also on at a premium to winter northwest Kansas and

Spring Wheat in Northwest Kansas Keith P. VanSkike Agronomy, Natural Resources, District Agent Twin Creeks Extension District Spring wheat can be produced in northwest Kansas and adjoining areas. Yields will be lower than summer fallow winter wheat. Grain quality will be an important component of marketability. The long-term ability to produce quality spring wheat in northwest Kansas, and its economic viability, has yet to be demonstrated. Traditionally, spring wheat has not been a recommended crop in northwest Kansas. However, if spring wheat is planted, the K-State recommendation is to plant from February 25 through March 15. Particular emphasis should be given to the ending date relative to the

starting date for minimizing heat stress, which will be the yield limiting factor in most years. Seeding rates significantly higher than those typically used in winter wheat will be necessary due to the reduced window for initiating productive tillers. In addition, heat stress will be exceptionally detrimental to tillers of spring wheat as compared to winter wheat, making the density of main stems even more important to achieving yield potential. K-State does not have any current data regarding appropriate seeding rates for spring wheat but limited experience would suggest 1.3 to 1.8 million seeds per acre to be an appropriate range. The first year of a seeding rate study was conducted at Colby in 2020 with rates ranging

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Kansas Department of Labor Releases Unemployment Fraud Attempts, Fraud Payments

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The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) today issued data on the number of fraud attempts, the estimated amount of fraud payments the agency has paid, as well as law enforcement referrals. Following an in-depth analysis and IRS Form 1099-G reconciliation, KDOL has determined that from Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020, about $140 million in fraudulent claim payments were made from the Kansas regular unemployment insurance program. Additionally, more than $150 million in fraudulent payments are attributed to federal benefits programs, for a total of $290 million. USDOL-OIG estimates that unemployment fraud has cost taxpayers roughly $36 billion nationwide since the start of the pandemic. The total amount of potential

fraud is roughly eleven percent of total unemployment insurance payouts since the start of the pandemic. Other states to have publicly shared their fraud numbers include: -$11.4 billion in California -$600 million in Washington -$330 million in 2020 in Ohio “Fraud is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. It’s stealing from taxpayers at the worst possible time and all attempts at fraud will be referred in the strongest possible manner to law enforcement,” Governor Kelly said. “All 50 states have been overrun with coordinated, sophisticated criminal fraud attempts, and that’s why I wrote a letter with fellow Governors, calling on Congress to provide funding to secure and modernize our systems.” As part of a robust anti-fraud effort the agency has referred over 50,300 cases of alleged fraud to

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was signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020 that states were able to take more aggressive action to verify claimant information in the federal programs.” In early February, KDOL implemented a new fraud mitigation software solution that has drastically reduced the number of fraudulent claims that have been filed. Since its launch, this system has stopped more than 4.8 million bot attacks and fraudulent login attempts. As a result, KDOL’s fraud team has been able to focus their efforts on more sophisticated cases and investigations. Since the beginning of 2020, KDOL stopped approximately 500,000 fraudulent claims that were the result of identity theft and other unem-

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ployment related fraud that could have cost more than $22 billion. These stopped claims are the result of many hours of effort from the KDOL fraud team who have worked tirelessly to combat sophisticated criminal rings, which have targeted the state’s unemployment system. The number also includes identity theft cases that have been reported by individuals and businesses. Since March 15, 2020, KDOL has paid out over 4 million weekly claims totaling over $2.7 billion between regular unemployment and the federal pandemic programs. For more information, or to apply for unemployment benefits, go to www.GetKansasBenefits.gov.

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