1 year ago
We all have expectations, demands and responsibilities to juggle. But showing up as your best self in all areas of your life means first honoring your own needs, too. Join an inclusive community of like-minded women and connect with others through the Rooted in Resilience Retreat. According to Kansas Farm Bureau, rhe retreat will focus on ...

1 year ago
Growers who wish to campaign for an open seat for one of the commodity commissions or who wish to vote in the commodity commission elections this winter must register or file by the November 30, 2024, deadline. The five Kansas grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat — are grower-led organizations ...

1 year ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking steps steps to promote fair and competitive markets for American farmers and ranchers, and lower food prices for American families. The following actions were announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a Farmers and Ranchers in Action event hosted by the White House: First, through a multipart framework, USDA is ...

1 year ago
Kansas State University agronomists have reached into the powerful world of digital technology to make more than four decades worth of crop information almost instantly available to farmers via their phone or home computer. The project, says cropping systems agronomist Ignacio Ciampitti, means that yields and other information may now be available in easy-to-understand formats within ...

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Many people start their day by taking a vitamin to help fill the gaps in their diet. Similarly, when forage quality declines in the fall, beef producers turn to protein supplements for the cow herd to help optimize performance, said the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute. Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, K-State veterinarian ...

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Each October, the Kansas Cooperative Council celebrates National Co-op Month. More than just a prairie skyscraper, these member-owned, member-controlled businesses are a pillar of Kansas communities that continuously invest in new services, resources and infrastructure to help their farmer member-owners. “As we travel the state this year, it’s important to meet people in their space and ...

1 year ago
Introduced in the U.S. House last week, the bipartisan “Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act” will provide consumers with year-round access to E15 fuel (15 percent ethanol fuel). The Kansas Corn Growers Association applauded the bipartisan legislation that included Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids as a sponsor. Kansas Representatives Jake LaTurner, Ron Estes and Tracey Mann ...

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The Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment together advise Kansans to be alert to the human health risk caused by unvaccinated animals, following a second detection of rabies in a cat in the last two weeks. According to the state, the two cases were in Jewell County and Harvey County, ...

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While weed escapes in crop fields may be inevitable, Kansas State University weed specialist Sarah Lancaster said fall management could put growers in a good spot for many years to come. “The (weed) problems in the next five or more years are all related to what kind of weed seed rain we get from this growing ...

1 year ago
As many people know, stress can impact the body in many ways, from headaches to upset stomachs to making them more susceptible to picking up sickness. Similarly, newly weaned calves that have been moved to a different location from their mothers and now have a grain-based diet offered to them can experience stress as a result ...

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 A Kansas State University researcher has published findings linking milking practices to the transmission of bovine H5N1 influenza virus, which affects dairy cattle and was first detected in the U.S. in spring 2024. Juergen Richt is the senior author of the paper "H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b dynamics in experimentally infected calves and cows," which was published Sept. 25 in ...