Agriculture

Declining farm profitability and land values are backdrop for survey MANHATTAN, Kan. – A survey is about to land in some farmers’ and ranchers’ mailboxes...

Three Midwest farmers recently met with their legislators in Washington D.C., to discuss conservation and beginning farmer policy in the next farm bill. On March...

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today invited public comment on the proposed rule to establish the National Bioengineered Food...

Debbie Bearden envisions making rural Kansas a place where young people want to stay.  The third-generation Kansas Farm Bureau leader wants her two young...

Research reveals tradeoffs, but forage crops look promising MANHATTAN, Kan. – Wheat growers in the semi-arid central Great Plains commonly leave their fields fallow for...

  What are the odds? What are the chances that a tornado would hit the same Kansas town on the same exact day of the...

For audio visit kansaswheat.org. A wheat field in Ellis County scouted on Day 1 of the 2018 Wheat Quality Tour. More than 90 people from 30 U.S....

K-State, Kansas Water Office work with farmers to create network of Water Technology Farms MANHATTAN, Kan. – Since a move to western Kansas from Idaho 14 years,...

Food safety is focus of additional upcoming workshops OLATHE, Kan. – Until recently, Midwest farmers who grow fresh fruits and vegetables were limited to...

Researchers will discuss cover crop management options in dryland wheat-based systems. HAYS, Kan. – Growing cover crops to enhance soil quality and nutrient cycling...