Agriculture
Scientists Desert USDA As Agency Relocates To Kansas City Area
By: Merrit Kennedy
Two vital research agencies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are hemorrhaging staff as less than two-thirds of the researchers asked to...
Agriculture
These Programs Will Pay Kansas Farmers For Crops They Won’t Harvest
GARDEN CITY — Three years ago, rancher and farmer Jay Young got intrigued by a YouTube video.
A North Dakota farmer championed the idea of cover...
Agriculture
KDA Alerts Livestock Owners of Virus in Nearby States
With Texas, Colorado and New Mexico reporting multiple confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the Kansas Department of Agriculture is encouraging livestock owners...
Agriculture
The Corn Belt’s Traditional Summer Job Of Detasseling Delayed By Weather
By ALLISON MOLLENKAMP
Every summer, thousands of Midwestern kids as young as 13 load onto school buses early in the morning to do one of the...
Agriculture
Olson Named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam announced this week that Kelsey Olson has been named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at the Kansas Department of Agriculture....
Agriculture
Where Soybeans Meet The Sea: Midwest Aquaculture May Boost Demand For Local Grain
By AMY MAYER
Midwestern fish farmers grow a variety of species, such as tilapia, salmon, barramundi and shrimp, all of which require a high-protein diet. The...
Agriculture
CBD Oil With THC In It Is Now In Kansas Stores, But Good Luck Figuring Out If It’s Legal
By CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN
TOPEKA — They’re here in Kansas. CBD products with a bit of that oh-so-taboo THC in them. To vape, to put under your tongue.
Some...
Agriculture
Why The Cattle Industry Might Not Use A Drug That Cuts The Pollution Of Manure And Pee
By CORINNE BOYER
GARDEN CITY — Nearly all American cattle spend their final months in massive feedlots, munching on feed designed to fatten them for slaughter.
But...
