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Trade policy causes slowdown in business investment

By: P.J. Griekspoor      At a summit in Dodge City, the slowed economic growth was attributed to uncertainty. Uncertainty about tariffs is serving to put a damper...

Afternoon Market Recap for Aug. 14, 2019

By: Ben Potter         Corn closes down another 1.5% Wednesday, with soybeans also in the red Corn prices hoped to curb dramatic losses seen earlier this week,...

Farming Is Headed Toward A Gene-Editing Revolution, And Hoping The Public Comes Along, Too

By: MADELYN BECK     Sci-fi writers have long warned about the dangers of modifying organisms. They come in forms ranging from accidentally creating a plague of killer...

Managing nitrogen in wet season can be tricky

By: P.J. Griekspoor One of the hardest management tasks in a wet growing year, like the one much of Kansas experienced this year, is managing...

KDA Announces State Noxious Weed Advisory Committee

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has announced the members of the State Noxious Weed Advisory Committee. The committee was established this summer following the...

Kansas Farmers Pray First Modern Harvest Yields Tame Hemp, Not THC-Heavy Marijuana

By: BRIAN GRIMMETT     Wichita — Sarah Stephens stands over a brightly lit table in a detached garage-turned-grow shed as she trims away unnecessary leaves from a recently...

Appeal Period Now Open for Proposed Floodplain Map for Reno County

A proposed Flood Insurance Rate Map update for portions of Reno County — including the cities of Hutchinson, Nickerson, South Hutchinson and Willowbrook —...

Farming Is Headed Toward A Gene-Editing Revolution, And Hoping The Public Comes Along, Too

By: MADELYN BECK     Sci-fi writers have long warned about the dangers of modifying organisms. They come in forms ranging from accidentally creating a plague of killer...

Without Adequate Crop Scouting, Pests Like Hungry Caterpillars Can Eat Through Farmers’ Profits

By AMY MAYER       Walking through rows of growing crops helps farmers monitor for harmful insects, leaves that are damaged by disease or other problems that could...

Kansas wheat farmer testifies on importance of Grain Inspection System for U.S. export markets

By Jordan Hildebrand   MANHATTAN, Kan. - A Kansas wheat farmer testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on "Perspectives...
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