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, ...

7 months ago
Kaden Weltmer’s first three words were mom, dad and tractor. That combined passion for agriculture and family has never wavered as he worked on the family operation, took on leadership roles in 4-H and competed in FFA. Now a high school senior, his continued commitment to studying agriculture at Kansas State University and his plans ...

7 months ago
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are pleased that U.S. wheat farmers can help increase global food assistance under a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding program announced today. USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will invest $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to provide ...

7 months ago
Each year Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Foundation for Agriculture awards scholarships to college students studying in fields that benefit agriculture and rural Kansas. Forty-five recipients were awarded $26,500 in scholarships for the 2024-25 school year. Over the past decade, the foundation has awarded more than $250,000 in scholarships. “We’re investing in students today to ensure they become ...

7 months ago
A Kansas college will host an event for youth interested in rode at the end of the week. The Colby Community College rodeo team is offering a youth day camp from 1 to 5 p.m. this Sunday, April 21, 2024, at the Thomas County Fairgrounds. According to the school, campers between the ages of  7 and 18 ...

7 months ago
The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees have approved pathways for the new Crop Production Technology program. According to the school, the Board of Trustees has approved expanding GCCC's agriculture offerings by adding new pathways in the Crop Production Technology program, which is part of the Title III STEM grant that GCCC received in 2021. ...

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 ...

8 months ago
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is seeking entrepreneurs to apply online by June 15 for the 2025 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Now in its 11th year, this national business competition showcases U.S. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities. The overall winner of ...

8 months ago
The State Conservation Commission will hold its regular meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, April 16th. According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, anyone interested in the meeting can participate using Zoom video conferencing. The SCC consists of five elected commissioners; two ex officio members representing the Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service; and two ...

8 months ago
We adopted him from a nearby city animal shelter’s barn cat adoption program. They adopted him out to us because he was deemed “too bite-y” to be a house cat. An expert mouser with some serious cattitude, he rotated his time between our shop, farm office and barn. He viciously clawed my office chair one afternoon when I turned ...