3 years ago
"Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain….” Those lines from America the Beautiful seem especially fitting to describe an exciting new wheat processing project in rural Kansas. Its name is Amber Wave. J.D. Schlieman is executive chairman and Randy Cimorelli is CEO of this company, located in Phillipsburg, Kan. Amber Wave’s parent company is Summit Ag ...

3 years ago
The third installment of the 2022 Kansas Livestock Association Young Stockmen’s Academy was held last week, September 19-21, with the group touring various segments of the beef and dairy industries in central and western Kansas. Merck Animal Health sponsors the YSA program. According to the Organization, El Dorado Livestock Auction was the first tour stop. The ...

3 years ago
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby moved Colby Community College closer to a new agriculture building with a recent $125,000 donation. According to the school, earlier in September F&M President/CEO Brent Wiedeman and his staff gathered on campus at the site of the new facility, west of the Stanley Carr Agricultural Center just off College Drive. "Farmers ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has funds available for the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP). According to the agency, through this program, farms, ranches, and businesses that produce, process or package certified organic agricultural products may be reimbursed for eligible expenses. The purpose of the NOCCSP is to defray the costs of receiving and maintaining ...

3 years ago
Osage orange trees are still common throughout much of the United States, though not many people appreciate just how much the thorny, dense trees have shaped our country. Before Christopher Columbus’ arrival, Osage orange had a limited range in the Red River basin in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Like the droves of Europeans who followed, ...

3 years ago
Kansas State University researchers say a $2 million grant that they received recently will help to modernize recommendations for applying nitrogen to sorghum in a three-state region, ultimately boosting the value of grain sorghum in the United States. K-State Research and Extension environmental quality specialist Peter Tomlinson said the grant is part of a five-year, $65 ...

3 years ago
Every year, Kansas Wheat publishes a recipe book. Recipes are tested at the Syngenta Speak for Wheat Test Kitchen at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center in Manhattan. The Kansas Wheat 2022 Recipe Book is available at no cost. Simply fill in and submit the form below, and they will mail you a copy. https://kswheat.com/consumers/request-a-kansas-wheat-2022-recipe-book  

3 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is gathering input to help shape a recently announced planned grant program focused on improving the resiliency of our food and agricultural supply chain by addressing labor shortages in agriculture, reducing irregular migration through increased use of legal pathways, and improving labor protections for farmworkers. USDA’s Farm Service Agency ...

3 years ago
K-State Research and Extension cow-calf specialist Jason Warner says that a lack of moisture for most of 2022 has “proven to be very challenging for our cow-calf and stocker operators” in Kansas and surrounding states. Warner notes that it’s important for producers to form a strategy to manage cattle before drought conditions persist – and then ...

3 years ago
For many, the Konza Prairie located just south of Manhattan, Kan., has the best nature hiking trails in the Flint Hills, but it also serves as a biological research station and home to nearly 280 bison.   For more than 30 years, Kansas State University researchers have conducted fire and grazer experiments on the Konza Prairie to ...

3 years ago
Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for the agriculture industry. For this reason, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety and Health Week. This annual promotion initiated by the National Safety Council has been proclaimed as such by each sitting ...