11 months ago
The American Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted a national competition to recognize top professionals from state Farm Bureau organizations for their exceptional work in communications. This year’s contest included 177 submissions for work produced in 2022 by state Farm Bureaus across the country. “Highlighting the important work farmers and ranchers do each day is critical to the ...

11 months ago
Growing organic is a hot topic. The USDA is offering a Tuesday,  June 6 webinar where they will discuss the wide range of agency programs to help agricultural producers grow organically. Presenters from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Risk Management Agency (RMA), and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will share information on: Assistance ...

11 months ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced loan interest rates for June 2023, which are effective June 1, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. Operating, Ownership and Emergency Loans FSA offers farm ...

11 months ago
A K-State graduate student has completed a study on dietary formulation strategies that she says will help to improve sustainability and efficiency in swine production. Macie Reeb, a research assistant in applied swine nutrition, tested nursery pig diets that included various levels of a novel source of phytase. “Phytase is a feed enzyme that has grown in ...

11 months ago
 Calving season can be an exhausting time on the ranch, especially when cows experience difficulty giving birth, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute. Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, K-State veterinarians Bob Larson and Brian Lubbers, and nutritionist Phillip Lancaster answered a question from a listener who observed a change in calf birth ...

11 months ago
Kansas State University is offering an opportunity to see and learn more about wheat diseases in the field. According to the school, the Department of Plant Pathology and K-State Research and Extension will be hosting a wheat disease field day on Monday, June 5 at the Rocky Ford Plant Pathology Farm just north of Manhattan (1700 ...

11 months ago
From buying her own market lambs to show at her county 4-H fair to testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Annika Wiebers, from Wamego, combines an affinity for agriculture with a mission to bridge the gap between production agriculture and folks like herself who did not grow up on the farm. Combined, these ...

11 months ago
Officials with a Kansas State University program that helps to increase access to affordable and healthy food in Kansas say they hit an impressive milestone in 2022. The Kansas Healthy Food Initiative announced in mid-May that it provided more than a half million dollars -- $540,864 – to fund 16 projects in the state. “We’re excited about the ...

11 months ago
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture will meet for its regular quarterly board meeting on Thursday. According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, the meeting will from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Kansas Department of Agriculture office at 1320 Research Park Dr. in Manhattan. The meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be held ...

11 months ago
Kansas Farm Bureau is the Voice of Agriculture during the legislative session in Topeka, where staff follow the grassroots policies adopted by members to improve farming, ranching and rural living for all Kansans. According to the organization, here are are five ways they used member-directed policy to advocate for agriculture in Topeka this legislative session: Water KFB supported the ...

12 months ago
 Despite rapid increases in input costs, widespread drought and low yield, net income on Kansas farms held strong in 2022, according to a report from the Kansas Farm Management Association. In fact, KFMA executive director Mark Dikeman said he is “relieved that income was as high as it was” considering the adversity that many Kansas farmers faced ...