Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Agriculture

 COLORADO CROP PROGRESS: United States Department of Agriculture 

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Another week of warm and dry weather pushed crop harvest to near completion, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the...

Estate taxes threaten family farms  

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Smart, hard work combined with good planning increases the likelihood of a bright and prosperous future. This is considered...

Wheat Scoop:  2018 Conference for Kansas Women in Farming Set in Manhattan

  "Maximizing My Influence: Farm, Community, Consumers" is the focus of the award-winning Women Managing the Farm Conference, set for February 15-16, 2018, in Manhattan,...

New tool is available to help farmers understand when temperature inversions occur

Risk of herbicide dicamba drift is heightened during the weather phenomena MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University is offering a new tool to help...

Kansas State University meat scientists verify benefits of Omega 3 feeding regimen

Study indicates no effect to flavor, tenderness or shelf life MANHATTAN, Kan. – Dennis Nuttelman was pretty sure that the Omega 3-enriched beef and pork...

‘Farming for the Future’ program set in four Kansas locations

Topics will assist farmers and ranchers in planning for upcoming years MANHATTAN, Kan. – Historically low crop prices and slipping farmland values continue to weigh...

Kansas State University researchers verify feed allowances for gestating sows

Study monitored 2,000 sows on a commercial farm MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers have completed two exhaustive studies that measured the impact of...

Kansas State University swine researchers find new benefits to feeding fatty acids

Medium chain fatty acids not only protect against disease, they also promote growth in pigs MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers say a recently-completed...