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Kansas Farm Bureau has announced a pledge for the largest donation in its history to support a plan to build and renovate agricultural infrastructure at Kansas State University. KFB officials announced they will provide $5 million over five years to support the K-State College of Agriculture’s Innovation Centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research, a project ...

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K-State Research and Extension agronomist Ignacio Ciampitti says digital agriculture – drones, satellite images, remote soil sensors and more – involve many university departments with a singular goal: Train students to solve agriculture’s future challenges. “We are training a new generation of thinkers, people who will have different skills and can think out of the box ...

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The 2022 Meats Team got in the win column this year in a big way as Champions of the 2022 Beef Empire Days Contest hosted by Garden City Community College and Tyson. According to the school,  the GCCC team placed as champions in Beef Grading, Pork Judging, Beef Judging, and Total Beef while being 2nd in ...

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Several years ago the Kansas Corn Commission provided funds to the U.S. Grains Council for beginning the promotion to and education of starch processors around the world about higher starch content of U.S. Corn. Implementing several strategic steps, the USGC team gathered samples of corn from competitors around the world and established a test case ...

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The Kansas Soybean Association and Kansas Soybean Commission work closely together to deliver value to soybean farmers in the state. KSA and KSC drive profitability, develop soybean markets and represent soybean farmers’ best interests. According to the organization, goals are relevant and forward-focused, KSA and KSC engaged in a robust, year-long strategic planning process. “The main goal ...

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"Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain….” Those lines from America the Beautiful seem especially fitting to describe an exciting new wheat processing project in rural Kansas. Its name is Amber Wave. J.D. Schlieman is executive chairman and Randy Cimorelli is CEO of this company, located in Phillipsburg, Kan. Amber Wave’s parent company is Summit Ag ...

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The third installment of the 2022 Kansas Livestock Association Young Stockmen’s Academy was held last week, September 19-21, with the group touring various segments of the beef and dairy industries in central and western Kansas. Merck Animal Health sponsors the YSA program. According to the Organization, El Dorado Livestock Auction was the first tour stop. The ...

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Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby moved Colby Community College closer to a new agriculture building with a recent $125,000 donation. According to the school, earlier in September F&M President/CEO Brent Wiedeman and his staff gathered on campus at the site of the new facility, west of the Stanley Carr Agricultural Center just off College Drive. "Farmers ...

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The Kansas Department of Agriculture has funds available for the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP). According to the agency, through this program, farms, ranches, and businesses that produce, process or package certified organic agricultural products may be reimbursed for eligible expenses. The purpose of the NOCCSP is to defray the costs of receiving and maintaining ...

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Osage orange trees are still common throughout much of the United States, though not many people appreciate just how much the thorny, dense trees have shaped our country. Before Christopher Columbus’ arrival, Osage orange had a limited range in the Red River basin in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Like the droves of Europeans who followed, ...

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Kansas State University researchers say a $2 million grant that they received recently will help to modernize recommendations for applying nitrogen to sorghum in a three-state region, ultimately boosting the value of grain sorghum in the United States. K-State Research and Extension environmental quality specialist Peter Tomlinson said the grant is part of a five-year, $65 ...