12 months ago
For the first time in 11 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which is historically the standard that gardeners and growers use to determine the perennial plants most likely to thrive at a location. The update, said Kansas State University nursery crop production and marketing specialist Cheryl Boyer, is ...

12 months ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting grant applications for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program. According to the organization, nearly $6.46 million was awarded to the agency through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service for this program. The purpose of the RFSI program is to build resilience in the ...

1 year ago
November is a great time for pumpkin spice and everything nice. Toss in a holiday centered around family and food, and this is the perfect month to celebrate National Bread Month. Behind one of the essential Thanksgiving ingredients, Kansas farmers are exceptionally adept at growing the wheat our families use to create tasty, homemade holiday favorites. From ...

1 year ago
Gathering around the table for a Thanksgiving dinner won’t take as much of a toll on your pocketbook this year compared to 2022, but the meal still reflects historically high costs. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 38th annual survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of this year’s classic holiday feast for 10, which ...

1 year ago
The largest farm organization in Kansas is set to celebrate over a century of agriculture advocacy. Kansas Farm Bureau will celebrate its 105th annual meeting Dec. 2-4 in Manhattan. According to the organization, its annual meeting will begin Saturday evening with KFB’s Foundations’ Fundraiser benefiting the End Hunger campaign. The event will include dinner and a viewing of ...

1 year ago
Holiday gift boxes are now available to order for the 2023 holiday season from the From the Land of Kansas state trademark program at the Kansas Department of Agriculture. According to the Kansas Deportment of Agriculture, each gift box contains an assortment of products grown, raised or produced in Kansas, with two size options available: the Konza Box and ...

1 year ago
Travel northwest of Topeka, Kansas, where a newly restored wetland filling with spring rains, and greening up with native vegetation, is nestled in the corner of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation in Jackson Count, Kansas. According to the USDA, in partnership with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the area was restored to its historic wetland ...

1 year ago
Research is being done on Sudden Death Syndrome in soybeans. K-State Research and Extension plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre and graduate student researcher Madison Kessler have been doing research on preventing sudden death syndrome in soybeans. Onofre says SDS is more common in areas where soils are cold and wet. Parts of Canada and the U.S. – ...

1 year ago
 When eating a salad, imagine how it might taste if all there was to eat were the stems of the plant. Not very appealing, right? Similarly, cattle that are offered corn stalk bales to eat in place of hay also often find that to be less palatable, said Phillip Lancaster, beef cattle nutritionist for the Kansas ...

1 year ago
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Kansas State Director for Rural Development Christy Davis has announced that Rural Development is investing more than $6.6 million in loans and grants to spur economic development through rural cooperatives in Kansas. “Cooperatives serve as one of our most important partners in delivering critical goods and services to rural Kansas,” Davis ...

1 year ago
Kansas children are learning more about the wheat grown in their communities and loving eating more whole grain-rich foods, thanks to a federal grant that is enabling school districts and daycares across the state to purchase equipment and source locally produced flour. According to the requirements for USDA’s National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, ...