12 months ago
The fact that a monthly online program for gardeners in Kansas has turned its attention to tips on gardening with less water is a stroke of luck – both good and bad. The bad? Much of Kansas remains locked in a period of drought, which severely hampers the state’s agriculture industry and is equally vexing on ...

12 months ago
Linda Chase, agriculture instructor and FFA advisor at Wellington High School was recognized as one of four Fellows by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture teamed up with Grow with Google to bolster agricultural education curriculum through the Farm Bureau Foundation Fellows Program, a unique fellowship that allows ...

12 months ago
Agricultural producers and landowners with certain expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts can receive additional rental incentives and extend that land’s role in conservation for another 30 years. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), they have opened the signup period for their Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers enrollment (CLEAR30) now through July 31, 2023. CLEAR30 ...

12 months ago
Kansas State University and Scoular are partnering to create a renewable fuel market for oilseed on the Great Plains, which will provide new opportunities for Kansas farmers. Scoular has announced plans to recommission a grain processing facility near Goodland that it purchased in 2021. Scoular will renovate the facility to crush canola and soybean seeds, which will be used ...

12 months ago
The legacy of a Kansas farmer who had a passion for raising cattle and crops while preserving the health of the land is being carried forward in an effort to establish a research and teaching farm on his family’s property. Harold Lonsinger and his wife, Olympia, originally purchased a small farm 30 miles east of Alton, ...

12 months ago
Each year Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Foundation for Agriculture awards scholarships to college students studying in fields that benefit agriculture and rural Kansas. Forty-three recipients were awarded $25,500 in scholarships for the 2023-24 school year. According to the Farm Bureau, over the past decade the foundation has awarded more than $250,000 in scholarships. “We’re investing in students ...

12 months ago
In January the USDA announced two new programs designed to assist producers who experienced revenue losses from 2020 and 2021 natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic. These programs are revenue-based and feel a little different from our regular programs, but the goal is to better support farmers. Both the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and the Pandemic Assistance ...

12 months ago
While low levels of nitrogen or sulfur in the soil often gets the blame for yellow wheat this time of year, a pair of Kansas State University plant pathologists say other factors may be contributing to yellowing in the 2023 crop. “One thing that’s been interesting this year – and with the dry conditions we’ve had in Kansas ...

12 months ago
Two Kansas State University researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine recently found that biochemicals unique to liver abscesses could be used as biomarkers in live cattle to detect liver abscesses. "Cattle with liver abscesses do not exhibit clinical signs, and the abscesses are detected only during processing," said Raghavendra Amachawadi, associate professor of food animal therapeutics in the department ...

12 months ago
The American Farm Bureau Federation is looking for entrepreneurs. The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge is a national business competition that showcases U.S. startups developing innovative solutions that address challenges facing America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Launched in 2015, The Challenge was the first national business competition of its kind focused exclusively on rural entrepreneurs. Now ...

12 months ago
To stay financially solvent, many people follow a monthly budget. One component of that is a weekly meal plan to make sure their nutritional needs are being met. In much the same way, beef producers also need to balance the rations for the cowherd to make sure the nutritional needs are addressed while keeping the financial ...