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Two Kansas State University juniors each received Equity Bank $2,500 Scholarships through the Kansas Livestock Foundation (KLF). Noah Goss of Kanopolis is the daughter of Brent and Sarah Goss. Maddy Krueger from Bennington is the daughter of Nick and Tammy Krueger. Equity Bank provides banking services for KLA and its affiliates. Nine K-State students each were awarded ...

3 days ago
Standing in a Nigerian flour mill, Gary Millershaski couldn’t have imagined the thought forming in his head would eventually become a line repeated by fellow wheat farmers and by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) staff around the world. The message was shared once again last month at the USW Summer Board Meeting in Fargo, North Dakota ...

4 days ago
Members from the Kansas Beef Council Executive Committee, representing both the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) and Federation of State Beef Councils, also attended the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting to evaluate authorization requests during committee meetings. Nine contractor organizations submitted requests seeking checkoff funding to improve beef demand through research, education and promotion. These committee ...

5 days ago
Raccoon populations in Kansas and the Great Plains have been increasing over the last 40 years. As they become more abundant, the problems they cause around the home garden also rise. Ever-so-clever, it seems as though racoons harvest sweet corn right before it is to be picked. Kansas State University wildlife expert Drew Ricketts says fencing ...

1 week ago
Dust is an unavoidable part of farming, but a Kansas State University expert says what’s floating in the air around grain bins, hay barns and livestock facilities can pose serious risks to farmers’ health. Mitch Ricketts, professor of agricultural safety and health at Kansas State University, said agricultural dust is much more than just soil and ...

1 week ago
As Kansas wheat harvest wraps up, producers are leaving the field with something just as valuable as the grain in their trucks: data that can drive smarter decisions for years to come. Deepak Joshi, a precision agriculture specialist at Kansas State University, said yield data collected by combine harvesters is one of the most powerful tools ...

2 weeks ago
The 2026 Kansas wheat harvest will be remembered as one of the most weather-challenged seasons in recent memory. Following a warm winter and a dry, windy spring, much of the crop matured weeks ahead of normal, setting the stage for one of the earliest harvests on record. However, prolonged drought and late freeze events had ...

3 weeks ago
U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson from Pennsylvania introduced bipartisan agricultural labor reform legislation this week. The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026 would make key improvements to the accessibility and cost of agricultural labor through the H-2A visa program. “It’s time to bring the H-2A program into the 21st century,” Thompson said. “Producers have been sounding ...

3 weeks ago
Kansas animal health officials and scientists are stressing that a current outbreak of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite affecting livestock and other animals, does not pose a food safety concern for consumers. “This is not a food safety concern, and that’s an important point we want everyone to understand,” said Dr. Sarah McReynolds, assistant animal ...

3 weeks ago
After several days of scorching temperatures and dry conditions, farmers have been able to get back into the fields. Harvest is making steady progress, with the possibility of harvest wrapping up soon, as long as the weather cooperates. According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress report ending June 28, 2026, the Kansas wheat ...

4 weeks ago
A cool, wet start to the 2026 growing season has pushed tar spot to the top of Kansas corn growers’ disease concerns, according to Kansas State University row crop specialist Rodrigo Onofre. Onofre said tar spot, a relatively new but increasingly familiar disease in Kansas, has already been confirmed in three northeast Kansas counties. Spring weather conditions ...