3 years ago
Triple-digit temperatures mean it certainly feels like the right weather to harvest wheat, but producers and elevators alike are feeling behind schedule. Wheat harvest has shifted west, moving into areas with more extreme drought conditions and more abandoned acres. The wheat acres that remain are coming in below average, but slightly better than expected, while ...

3 years ago
When handling food, people often know to read the label to guide them on how to properly store the product so that the ingredient can be used at its peak and food waste is minimized. In much the same way, livestock producers need to read the label on animal health products to know how to best ...

3 years ago
Harvest continues to march across the state, moving into areas with higher abandonment, variability and pressure to get crops cut as unwelcome weeds take over short, thin stands. Industry reports have indicated that early quality data from south central and central Kansas are showing good quality, with 60 pound test weights and above average proteins. Troy Presley ...

3 years ago
Soft red winter (SRW) wheat has been a bright spot in Kansas’ otherwise challenging wheat harvest this year. According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in the 2023 Wheat Varieties Report, SRW makes up only about 4% of the state’s wheat acreage, with hard red winter making up the majority of the balance. In pockets of ...

3 years ago
Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas 4-H are sponsoring a photography contest for 4-H members to showcase agriculture and youth photography skills throughout Kansas. We're looking for great, high-resolution photos (at least 300 DPI) taken by 4-H members featuring summer images of livestock, crops, natural resources, people in agriculture (can also feature images from livestock shows at ...

3 years ago
The Kansas wheat harvest is 21 percent complete, well behind 54 percent last year and 38 percent for the five-year average, according to the official statistics provided by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress report for the week ending June 25, 2023. Maturity was rated at 58 percent, also behind 84 percent last ...

3 years ago
If you're considering running for state legislature, school board, county commission or other public office, Kansas Farm Bureau's Campaign School Mini Sessions can teach you the nuts and bolts of campaigning and help you execute a winning campaign. According to the organization, the mini sessions are based on the two-day Campaign School, which is nonpartisan, unbiased ...

3 years ago
At any other time of the year, rain would be more than welcome. But for farmers with combines ready to roll, harvest delays due to rain add insult to injury for a crop stricken by drought. For some, however, rains arrived just in time to fill grain heads, resulting in better-than-expected final results. Near Americus, America, ...

3 years ago
Combines are kicking into gear across a wider swath of central and eastern Kansas. Officially, the Kansas wheat harvest is now eight percent complete, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress report for the week ending June 18, 2023. Winter wheat conditions were rated at 54 percent very poor to poor, 30 percent ...

3 years ago
In rural America, talk about horsetails in a field conjures thoughts of farmhands in saddles, working cattle or checking on emerging crops. When Kansas State University weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster gets questions about horsetails, however, the inquiry is probably not about four-legged farm animals. “I like to call horsetails the dinosaurs of the plant world,” Lancaster ...

3 years ago
Wheat harvest has been marching on for nearly two weeks in Cowley County, with numerous interruptions from rain, reported Kevin Kelly, general manager of Two Rivers Coop in Arkansas City. Harvest started in the area around June 7 and quality appears to be good with proteins in the 14 percent range. Kelly said test weights are ...