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With harvest just complete in Kansas, already the time to plant is just around the corner. Kansas State University recently released the Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2023 to aid producers in making the critical selection of which varieties will best match the needs of their operations. This annual publication provides detailed ratings for agronomic characteristics like ...

2 years ago
– If you think the odds of being negatively affected by an event that happens every 11 years are long, just think about one that happens every 100 to 200 years. For farmers using GPS technology – and there are a lot of them – those probabilities are becoming a lot more likely, according to officials ...

2 years ago
Brant Peterson of Johnson, Kansas, was elected to serve as the newest chairman of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission (KGSC) during the organization's annual summer board meeting in Hays. According to the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, Peterson is no stranger to the sorghum community. A fifth-generation farmer, Peterson operates Winsome Farms with his family. He has ...

2 years ago
The Kansas wheat harvest is finally drawing to a close with 95 percent of wheat harvest complete, according to the official statistics provided by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in its crop progress report for the week ending July 30, 2023. That is still well behind last year’s 100 percent completion at this time ...

2 years ago
Kansas State University officials say an update on the upcoming U.S. Farm Bill and updates on the grain and cattle/beef markets will highlight the 28th annual Risk and Profit Conference. A two-day, in-person conference will be held Aug. 17-18 in Manhattan. Then, a similar online version of the conference will be available Aug. 21-25. Registration is available online. ...

2 years ago
Save the Date for the 2024 Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference, set for Feb. 2-4, 2024 in Manhattan! Join young agriculturists from across the state at the 2024 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference. The event will focus on connecting you with practical tools and resources to add value to your daily work, expanding your peer ...

2 years ago
Safety on the farm is always important, but especially when working with large equipment and implements. Taking simple precautionary steps could save a life. But attention to safety is even more important during the busy part of production season, said Tawnie Larson, a project consultant for agriculture health and safety in Kansas State University’s Carl and Melinda ...

2 years ago
It’s county fair season in Kansas, and while local events are a great way to enjoy the sun and time with friends, heat can be an invisible fun bandit for livestock. Kansas State University beef extension veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff said it’s important for youth showing livestock to watch animals closely and know the symptoms of heat ...

2 years ago
Kansas State University researchers have received funding that will pair them with Israeli scientists on a project that will use precision agriculture tools to solve what one official calls a ‘nitrogen conundrum’ in wheat. Raj Khosla, head of K-State’s Department of Agronomy, said K-State and partners at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem were awarded $310,000 from the Binational ...

2 years ago
In far western Kansas, wheat harvest is well behind schedule due to weather delays that have also brought hail damage. Despite the disruptions, elevators are generally seeing a better harvest than was anticipated this spring, although hail is hindering final yields for some and test weights are declining as producers wait for conditions to dry ...

2 years 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 ...