2 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Funds for the program are awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. According to the agency, the grant funds are in turn granted to projects and organizations to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops ...

2 years ago
When fighting a bacterial infection, often it means a trip to the doctor’s office to obtain a prescription. And when it comes to livestock and companion animals, a veterinarian is the professional guiding the treatment protocol. In the U.S., the regulating agency overseeing antibiotic use is the Food and Drug Administration, and it is instituting a ...

2 years ago
No need to tell Kansas wheat producers, but drought has really been a bummer for the hard red winter wheat crop. On Jan. 17, the USDA’s Economic Research Service reported that 59% of the winter wheat production in the United States is within an area experiencing drought. The Kansas wheat crop is still rated as good/excellent, according to ...

2 years ago
A Kansas State University program that helps to sustain locally owned rural grocery stores has received a grant aimed at boosting the success of grocers owned by the people who shop there, often called Food Co-ops or cooperatives. Rial Carver, leader of K-State Research and Extension’s Rural Grocery Initiative, said the program has received a USDA ...

2 years ago
 In looking at the shifting amounts of money in retirement accounts, it is easy to see that markets run in cycles. In much the same way, the size of the beef cattle operation shifts in response to several factors including market demand, feed availability and other things, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef ...

2 years ago
Kansas State University researchers have launched a study to improve the effectiveness of controls on woody plants, an effort they say will help to preserve the health of native grasslands in Kansas. Carol Baldwin, a range specialist in K-State’s Agriculture, Natural Resources and Community Vitality unit, said woody plants – a term that indicates plants with ...

2 years ago
As egg prices continue to increase in grocery stores, Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee said it might be beneficial to consider replacing eggs in certain recipes. “From December 2021 to December 2022, the average price of a dozen eggs has gone up from $1.79 per dozen to $4.25 per dozen, according to USDA retail ...

2 years ago
Kansas State University has announced that it will be hosting two in-person junior producer days in the Spring, 2023. University officials said K-State Junior Swine Producer Day will be Saturday, March 11, and K-State Junior Meat Goat Producer Day will be Saturday, March 18. The events are co-sponsored by the K-State Youth Livestock Program, K-State Research and Extension, ...

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As people age, sometimes their bodies break down and gravity takes hold in ways that they believe are not desirable. That can also be true in beef cattle when it comes to udder condition, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute. Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, the experts agreed that the time to ...

2 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture was awarded $780,776 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program in 2022. Funds for the program were presented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Marketing Service. The purpose of the SCBG Program is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. According to the USDA, specialty crops are defined ...

2 years ago
In this video, K-State Research and Extension wildlife specialist Drew Ricketts sits with Agriculture Today producer Samantha Bennett to explain what the November, 2022 designation of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as an endangered species means to western Kansas agriculture producers and landowners. In Kansas, he notes, the Lesser Prairie Chicken – a prairie grouse – is ...