1 year ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched the Distressed Borrowers Assistance Network, an initiative designed to provide personalized support to financially distressed farmers and ranchers across the nation. According to the USDA, through a series of Cooperative Agreements, this national network will connect distressed borrowers with individualized assistance to help them stabilize and regain financial ...

1 year ago
The Fertilizer Institute is emphasizing an ongoing need for the freight rail industry to shift its focus toward customer service and growth. The fertilizer industry has long relied on rail service for the efficient and safe transport of its products but has struggled with declining service quality, increasing rates, and a lack of attention to ...

1 year ago
While this southeast Kansas town’s population peaked more than 100 years ago, the opening of the region’s largest ever economic development project means its best days are ahead, Lt. Gov. David Toland said Thursday. Toland spoke to a crowd of more than 100 state and federal lawmakers, economic development officials and construction company representatives who gathered ...

1 year ago
Join Kansas State University on Sept. 27 and 28 for Celebrate Agriculture Weekend, two days of activities for all ages hosted by the College of Agriculture. According to KSU, from an exclusive College of Agriculture experience for high school students to pregame activities for children, alumni and friends, the Celebrate Agriculture Weekend offers a little something ...

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The relationship between winter wheat planting dates and grain yields can be characterized by a bell curve, according to K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato. Seeding should occur at the curve’s peak or optimum point to minimize the risk of yield loss. Lollato said this relationship makes winter wheat planting dates that maximize crop performance specific ...

1 year ago
A senior from Brookville is among team member who helped the Fort Hays State University Rodeo Team begin the season with big wins in their initial competitions, first in Manhattan and then in Colby. According to FHSU, leading the way for the Tiger Rodeo Team was FHSU freshman Hailey Witte from Crookston, Neb. Witte is the ...

1 year ago
The Kansas Corn Commission’s education program, Kansas Corn STEM, is celebrating a mileston. According to the organization, the science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM program, reached  104,645 Kansas students and suppored 3,844 Kansas educators in the 2023-24 school year. Kansas Corn STEM was created to increase agriculture education in the K-12 classroom through STEM-based classroom ...

1 year ago
Anyone who has ever left the house in a rush knows that it is not the ideal way to start the day, as important things can be left behind. And, the stress of the exit can leave a person feeling uneasy. Similarly, when preparing young calves for sale day, moving them in a hurry and not ...

1 year ago
Leaders from the Kansas Corn Growers Association and National Corn Growers are frustrated with a recommendation by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose preliminary countervailing duty rates on imports of the herbicide 2,4-D. Kansas Corn leaders said input costs are high enough without government tariffs to push them even higher. KCGA President J.D. Hanna, ...

1 year ago
September signals the Kansas State Fair, football games and, specifically for Kansas farmers, the kickoff of wheat planting season. While producers may be eyeing opportunities with moisture availability or to increase forage for a dual-purpose system, K-State experts cautioned producers not to start planting too early, lest their fields suffer from disease, insect and weed ...

1 year ago
U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) and U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) introduced legislation to prevent the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to seize private property to be used for a proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a NIETC proposal to consider ...