10 months ago
When traveling abroad to regions that experience different disease threats, there can be some preventative measures that can keep a person from experiencing sickness that occurs in a particular area of the world. And in some cases, those diseases are carried by insects. In much the same way these vectors can also transmit bovine leukemia virus ...

10 months ago
“Continuous wheat and fallow wheat are two different crops.” That statement was made at a resolutions session of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG) last fall from northwest Kansas wheat farmer Chris Tanner, who serves as KAWG vice president. As two different crops, they should be able to be insured separately, he said. “Farmers currently don’t ...

10 months ago
A Kansas State University livestock specialist is urging youth and others showing animals at local fairs to take the time to make sure that those animals remain safe – both at the fair and during transportation. Joel DeRouchey said youth and others associated with showing animals should have basic biosecurity practices in place to prevent the ...

10 months ago
Northwest Kansas has been struggling to get into a harvest rhythm. With high humidity and scattered showers, combines can’t begin rolling until mid-afternoon in most cases. Overall, harvest is getting started about 10 days to two weeks later than normal. Multiple thunderstorms have come through the area, bringing with them large hail and causing significant ...

10 months ago
Kansas State University officials have announced a pair of meetings in early August to help farmers make fast-approaching decisions on growing winter canola. K-State canola breeder Mike Stamm said the meetings come “at a critical time” when producers have a renewed interest in growing winter canola, largely due to last spring’s announcement by Scoular that it will be ...

10 months ago
Based on July 1 conditions, Kansas' winter wheat production is forecast at 208 million bushels, down 15 percent from last year, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 32 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from 2022. Area to be harvested for grain is estimated at 6.5 million acres, ...

10 months ago
Engaged Kansas has added Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL) and the Kansas Bankers Association (KBA) to its coalition of organizations that are encouraging and supporting civic-minded individuals to consider local public service. “There are many great organizations across Kansas developing resources for citizens to run for and engage in local civic government,” says Brenden Wirth, ...

10 months ago
While most people think of flies as a single entity, there are actually four species that impact livestock herds: houseflies, horn flies, stable flies and face flies. K-State Research and Extension veterinary entomologist Cassandra Olds outlines the best ways to control flies in livestock herds, a problem that she says “plagues most producers most years.” “Lucky for us, ...

10 months ago
Harvest continues to plod along into the second week of July, and farmers who still have wheat left to cut are facing rain delays and hail, leading to a long, drawn-out wheat harvest. From July 3 to July 9, there were only 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) ...

10 months ago
Tim and Marta Belstra of DeMotte, Indiana, have invested in the grain science and industry department at Kansas State University by creating the Belstra Family Professorship in Feed Science. Chad Paulk, associate professor of feed science and management, is the first to receive the award, which will support his research and teaching activities. Paulk's research focuses on feed processing, ...

10 months ago
In agricultural circles, it’s often jokingly said that to test the strength of a marriage, just work cattle together. Anyone who has helped move cattle can share that processing time is often stressful not only for the animals but the people as well. To minimize everyone’s stress, the team of experts at the Kansas State University ...