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 ...

3 years ago
“Continuous wheat and fallow wheat are two different crops.” That statement was made at a resolutions session of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG) last fall from northwest Kansas wheat farmer Chris Tanner, who serves as KAWG vice president. As two different crops, they should be able to be insured separately, he said. “Farmers currently don’t ...

3 years ago
A Kansas State University livestock specialist is urging youth and others showing animals at local fairs to take the time to make sure that those animals remain safe – both at the fair and during transportation. Joel DeRouchey said youth and others associated with showing animals should have basic biosecurity practices in place to prevent the ...

3 years ago
Northwest Kansas has been struggling to get into a harvest rhythm. With high humidity and scattered showers, combines can’t begin rolling until mid-afternoon in most cases. Overall, harvest is getting started about 10 days to two weeks later than normal. Multiple thunderstorms have come through the area, bringing with them large hail and causing significant ...