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The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s From the Land of Kansas program is sponsoring the inaugural Cheers Kansas event starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Wamego City Park. According to the agency, the Cheers Kansas wine festival is an afternoon of sampling Kansas wines, enjoying a taste of local Kansas foods, and listening to ...

7 months ago
A Kansas State University agricultural economics professor whose nearly four-decade career includes helping to generate more than $2.7 billion through a grid premium program for producers has been named the 2024 winner of the Mark and Eva Gardiner Innovation and Excellence faculty award. University Distinguished Professor Ted Schroeder, who joined the K-State faculty in 1986, conducts ...

7 months ago
 The Kansas Department of Agriculture has been actively working with the Kansas dairy industry to respond to the nationwide concerns due to the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle. KDA has also been closely following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's testing of the commercial milk supply, which on Friday confirmed ...

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The Food and Drug Administration says remnants of the bird flu were found in one in five pasteurized milk samples. Earlier this week, the FDA found fragments of the bird flu in commercially sold milk but said it's still safe to drink, as the pasteurization process kills the virus and only leaves small traces behind. ...

7 months ago
Kansas Corn awarded nine undergraduate and graduate students with 2024 Kansas Corn Next Generation Scholarships. These scholarships are part of an effort by the Kansas Corn Commission and Kansas Corn Growers Association to provide opportunities for college students of all majors to learn more about the corn industry, explore issues facing agriculture and embrace the ...

7 months ago
A Kansas college is offering a couple of camps on horsemanship, According to Colby Community College, its equestrian team is offering two horsemanship day camps in May at the CCC Agricultural Center three miles east and one mile north of Colby. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., and the camps conclude at 3:30 p.m. On May 23, the Beginner Day ...

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Drivers can continue to save money on a higher quality fuel thanks to the Biden Administration’s emergency waiver for summer sales of E15 (15% ethanol fuel) which has become a popular choice at many fuel retailers across the state. Kansas Corn Growers Association (KCGA) leaders said the waiver provides consumer access to E15, a fuel ...

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Dry conditions in north central Kansas and other areas have contributed to the relative damage caused by alfalfa weevils in the state’s crop, according to Kansas State University crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth. “Usually this time of year, alfalfa stems are seven or eight inches long,” Whitworth said. “But because of our dry conditions, they’re only four ...

7 months ago
When making a decision, many people believe it is important to gather as much information as possible to set the path for the future. When selecting sires, beef producers have a lot of data to reference, said the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle Chat podcast. The experts focused on selecting bulls that ...

7 months ago
A late March freeze, blustery days of blowing dust and predicted 80-degree afternoons — the dramatic springtime weather in Kansas can leave everyone wondering what exactly is coming next, especially wheat producers watching their stands green up after the winter. Kansas Wheat caught up with farmer leaders from across the state to check on how ...

7 months ago
Six National Chung Hsing University students traveled to Manhattan from March 30 through April 6, 2024, to represent their university as part of a bilateral student exchange program to learn about Kansas’ agricultural industry and how Kansas agriculture exports benefit both Kansas and Taiwan. “While we have been sending Kansas students to Taiwan for many years, ...