Agriculture

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Pet Animal Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 via teleconference call from 9...

University of Florida professor Sanjay Shukla recently tested taller, narrower compacted-soil rows for vegetable production. He planted rows 10-12 inches high and one and...

For the first time in its 110-year history, the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is spending more than 50 percent...

Kansas State University wheat researchers are leading efforts to develop a better understanding of the wheat genome. The National Science Foundation's Plant Genome Program awarded...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with Microsoft to launch the "Innovation Challenge," a contest designed to explore how climate change will...

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Promoting a growing sector of the state’s agriculture economy, Governor Sam Brownback proclaimed August as Farmers’ Market Month in Kansas. “During the...

Kansas Wheat is proud to announce the winners of the 6th Annual Wheat Yield Contest. This year's top wheat yields belong to Doug Queen...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas, along with changes to the program required by...

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Today Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Jackie McClaskey congratulated Mary Ann Kniebel, White City, for her reappointment by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture...

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State University Weed Science teams had a successful showing at the second annual National Collegiate Weed Contest held July...