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Agriculture

KDA Announces Kansas Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Initiative

The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation announces the expansion of the Kansas Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Initiative. The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division...

Republican River Compact Administration to Meet August 22

The Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) will hold its annual meeting at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 at the Pioneer Memorial...

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...