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Many people maintain a garden in the summer and enjoy eating the bounty of their homegrown produce. Similarly, cattle producers raise freezer beef for themselves and to share with family and friends. On a recent Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute Cattle Chat podcast, a listener asked how to take an 850-pound steer to finish weight on the ...

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Nearly 400 Farm Bureau members of Kansas on Monday wrapped up business for their farm organization during Kansas Farm Bureau’s 106th annual meeting. According to the organization, the policies adopted will now become the organization’s road map for the 2025 legislative session. Topics of discussion included water, animal health and energy, among other issues. Wilson County farmer Joe ...

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Kansas officials are reporting that a program that helps low-income families purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at farmer’s markets and grocery stores topped more than $1.1 million in benefits in the past year. Erin Bishop, manager of the Double Up Food Bucks program coordinated through K-State Research and Extension, added that the number of vendors (mostly farmers markets) ...

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The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Promotions Advisory Board will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024. This is a regularly scheduled board meeting that will be held at the KDA office at 1320 Research Park Dr. in Manhattan. The mission of the KDA Agricultural Marketing, Advocacy and Outreach Team is to serve ...

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The 75th Annual Arkansas River Compact Administration (ARCA) annual meeting will be on Friday, December 13, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. CST at the Clarion Inn, 1911 E Kansas Ave. in Garden City, Kansas. The meeting agenda will be posted on the ARCA website at www.co-ks-arkansasrivercompactadmin.org. ARCA administers provisions of the Kansas-Colorado Arkansas River Compact, including operations of the ...

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Each day on his drive to K-State’s football stadium, Coach Bill Snyder remembered driving past the agricultural research plots. That stadium now bears his name - as does a new wheat variety developed by K-State’s wheat breeding program. For the 2024 year-end giving season, everyone can be a part of launching the KS Bill Snyder ...

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Come January, soybean farmers in Kansas can unite in a new way to recognize good news in agriculture. The inaugural Kansas Soybean Celebration debuts January 31 in Salina and invites growers to join for an evening of awards, camaraderie and celebratory remarks. “We are starting a new tradition at Kansas Soybean with the creation of the ...

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Cargill is announcing the company will lay off about 8,000 workers. That's five-percent of its global work force. Cargill's profits fell 36-percent in the past fiscal year, leading the company to a corporate restructuring. Cargill is a Minnesota-based, family-owned company that provides food, ingredients, agriculture solutions, and industrial products. It's the largest privately owned company in the ...

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Kansas Farm Bureau will celebrate its 106th annual meeting thsi weekend, Dec. 7-9, in Manhattan. According to the organization, on Saturday enjoy “A Night in Vegas” at the KFB Foundation for Agriculture’s Annual Meeting Fundraising Event at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan. Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner followed by the ever-popular Dessert Dash. Dive into ...

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A public hearing will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to consider changes to the administrative regulations relating to live plant dealers. The hearing will be held in person at the Kansas Department of Agriculture at 1320 Research Park Dr. in Manhattan, as well as via video conferencing system. KDA is proposing ...

1 year ago
My father-in-law called me on a recent Friday night to let me know the first three lambs of the season had arrived. The triplets were born in the pasture and would need to be brought up to the barn and kept in the nursery pens to make sure all three lambs would be claimed by ...