3 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture  is seeking nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. According to the agency, nominations will be open to public from May 15, 2023, to July 15, 2023. The 12-member Committee, which first convened in March 2022, is part of USDA’s efforts to increase support for ...

3 years ago
A pair of bipartisan water bills passed by the Kansas legislature and approved by Gov. Laura Kelly in late April are “exciting news” for residents across the state, said a Kansas State University water expert. Susan Metzger, director of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment and associate director for K-State Research and Extension, said HB2302 ...

3 years ago
Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. The recent study published in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), the University of Kentucky, and industry partners, Acceligen ...

3 years ago
Against a backdrop of American flags suspended from multihued combines,  U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15) sat down with U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) on May 2 to gather input on Farm Bill priorities during a food and agriculture listening session. The session marks the first official Farm Bill listening session since a ...

3 years ago
The farmer leaders of the Kansas Corn Growers Association and Kansas Corn Commission welcomed Josh Roe as CEO of Kansas Corn on Tuesday. According to the organization, Roe, who has served as Kansas Corn’s Vice President of Market Development and Public Policy since 2018, brings a broad background as an ag economist, policy and ethanol leader ...

3 years ago
If growers are crying about their onions right now, it’s not because they’re slicing them in their kitchen. But they may soon. “This is the time of year that onions grow and develop rapidly,” said Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham. “Regular watering – if the soil is dry – and a light fertilization are ...

3 years ago
The saying “April showers bring May flowers” is what runs through my mind every spring. It’s a saying that has held true for almost every year I have lived on our Kansas farm. Like clockwork, the crocus and daffodils are the first to appear followed by my tulips, lilacs and peonies. Add in the fruit trees ...

3 years ago
For people, there is nothing like the taste of vegetables straight from the garden. And in the case of beef cattle, they prefer to dine on certain grasses in a pasture, according to the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute. “Cattle tend to consume the most palatable parts of a pasture first, and ...

3 years ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will use existing authority to prevent drivers from losing access to lower-cost and lower-emission E15, a higher ethanol blend often marketed as Unleaded 88. The National Corn Growers Association and Kansas Corn Grower Association, which have advocated for the move, praised the decision. “This emergency waiver is important to not only ...

3 years ago
Wheat farmers looking for hope and ideas for future growing seasons can head over to Hays for the next Wheat Rx school on May 25, 2023. The program will discuss the long-term research studies conducted at the K-State Agricultural Research Center and provide the opportunity to tour the various plots at the facility before ending ...

3 years ago
According to data published in 2021 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers in agriculture experienced one of the highest fatal injury rates in the nation. Averaging 20 deaths per 100,000 workers, the rate in this field was nearly five times the fatal injury average nationwide. According to Fort Hays State University, its Department of Agriculture ...