5 months ago
 Kansas State University meat scientist Travis O’Quinn and his research team have uncovered surprising results that challenge consumer’s long-held beliefs on what qualifies as ‘spoiled’ ground beef. Many people have sensory cues on what would cause them to throw a product away, including brown bananas, odor in milk, and slimy deli meats. “Within meat products, (spoilage) has been ...

5 months ago
Forty-three students from seven schools in Kansas have been awarded the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Kansas Agriculture Skills and Competencies Certificate. High schools with students earning certificates include Buhler, Cheney, Ellsworth, Holton, Lyons, Mission Valley and Republic County. According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, students have completed requirements in the areas of classroom instruction, supervised ...

5 months ago
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the U.S. is over-reacting to the threat of a flesh-eating cattle parasite. Sheinbaum on Thursday told reporters that the U.S. decision to close the border again to Mexican cattle imports is overblown. She said that decision was sparked by a single case of the New World screwworm. The screwworm is a parasitic ...

5 months ago
Harvest across Kansas is winding down. Reports from western Kansas paint a mixed picture, with yields ranging from slightly below average to above average depending on location and weather patterns. While quality was generally strong—test weights held up well and protein levels were respectable—drought stress, late rains and equipment breakdowns impacted both yield and progress. Farmers ...

5 months ago
 Mystery writers know that to keep readers engaged, there is often more than one suspect, and the reader must process a series of clues to solve the crime. In many ways, solving the cause of an animal’s death involves the veterinarian working through a series of clues — some of which are the circumstances around the ...

5 months ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) is planning two animal health regional workshops this summer. The first workshop will be Tuesday, July 15, in Marion and the second is planned for Wednesday, August 13, in Seneca. According to the Kansas Livestock Association, each workshop will include two sessions. The afternoon session, from 2:30 to 4:30, is ...

5 months ago
In farm states like Kansas, consumers are never really that far from the fields where many of their foods are grown and raised. That’s a delicious benefit that many take advantage of at weekend’ farmer’s markets, but Amanda Lindahl says the local food system reaches many more parts of our daily lives than folks sometimes know. “Traditionally, ...

5 months ago
 Kansas wheat harvest continues. Kansas State University wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato explained how the wheat harvest got off to a slow start. An early USDA report released June 23 indicated that only 20% of the Kansas wheat crop had been harvested, compared to 49% at the same time last year. Kansas usually begins harvest in late May, but ...

6 months ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture invites you to join them in Manhattan this summer as they discuss growth opportunities for agriculture at the 10th annual Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth on Thursday, August 14, at the K-State Alumni Center at 1720 Anderson Ave. in Manhattan, followed by a networking event, also at the K-State ...

6 months ago
Tar spot, a fungal disease that has steadily established itself in Kansas cornfields over the past few years, has been detected again in the state, with the first confirmed report of 2025 occurring June 11 in northeast Kansas. “I think we have learned a lot in the last (few) years in terms of distribution and management,” ...

6 months ago
 Many home gardeners understand a sad truth about the corn earworm: the little critter loves sweet corn just as much as humans do. It creates a yearly battle to fight back the pesky insect. The adult corn earworm moth lays eggs on developing corn silks and as soon as the eggs hatch, larval corn earworms go ...