3 years ago
Travel northwest of Topeka, Kansas, where a newly restored wetland filling with spring rains, and greening up with native vegetation, is nestled in the corner of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation in Jackson Count, Kansas. According to the USDA, in partnership with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the area was restored to its historic wetland ...

3 years ago
Research is being done on Sudden Death Syndrome in soybeans. K-State Research and Extension plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre and graduate student researcher Madison Kessler have been doing research on preventing sudden death syndrome in soybeans. Onofre says SDS is more common in areas where soils are cold and wet. Parts of Canada and the U.S. – ...

3 years ago
 When eating a salad, imagine how it might taste if all there was to eat were the stems of the plant. Not very appealing, right? Similarly, cattle that are offered corn stalk bales to eat in place of hay also often find that to be less palatable, said Phillip Lancaster, beef cattle nutritionist for the Kansas ...

3 years ago
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Kansas State Director for Rural Development Christy Davis has announced that Rural Development is investing more than $6.6 million in loans and grants to spur economic development through rural cooperatives in Kansas. “Cooperatives serve as one of our most important partners in delivering critical goods and services to rural Kansas,” Davis ...

3 years ago
Kansas children are learning more about the wheat grown in their communities and loving eating more whole grain-rich foods, thanks to a federal grant that is enabling school districts and daycares across the state to purchase equipment and source locally produced flour. According to the requirements for USDA’s National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, ...

3 years ago
People from small towns have big dreams. Typically, there’s a strong sense of community pride and a desire to be part of the greater good. When individuals with big dreams get together, magic happens. That’s exactly what occurred in Rice County, where leaders had big dreams and executed them to achieve a regional food system. A regional ...

3 years ago
“Ag Jobs” was the theme of the second annual Western Ag Summit hosted by Fort Hays State University. The event was established by Kansas District 110 Representative Ken Rahjes, chair of the House of Representatives Ag Committee, and Dr. Grady Dixon, Fort Hays State University dean of the Peter Werth College of Science, Technology and ...

3 years ago
The trees at Circle’s Pecans in McCune have been lovingly tended by the Circle family for nearly three decades. With attention to detail, creative ideas and special care, what started as a simple pecan orchard has grown into a fullfledged family business. In the early 1990s, Thomas Circle bought an existing pecan orchard. The previous owners ...

3 years ago
Kansas State University swine researchers are reporting positive results on three processes that aim to lessen the risk of a foreign animal disease entering the United States in plant-based feed or feed ingredients. While the researchers acknowledge that foreign animal disease may be more likely to enter the country with the animals themselves, feed – including ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation has announced the availability of funds in the form of cost share assistance and incentive payments to assist landowners with irrigation efficiency technology. The funding is provided by KDA–DOC through appropriation from the State Water Plan Fund and the program is administered by Conservation Districts across the ...

3 years ago
“For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven ….” Some recognize this phrase from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible and others know it from the popular 1960s song by the Byrds.November is a season of Thanksgiving. Practicing gratitude and taking stock of all the blessings we have ...