Agriculture

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of more...

FARMDATA, an open-source, smartphone-compatible records management system for produce farmers, is available for free download. FARMDATA is a Web-based database system for entering and...

ISSN: 0499-0544 Released February 19, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Pork Production up 1 Percent from...

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Charlie Arnot, chief executive officer of the Center for Food Integrity, will speak at Kansas State University at 7 p.m. Monday,...

A specialist gives tips on poultry housing MANHATTAN, Kan. – It’s coming, if we wait a bit longer. This chilly time of year our thoughts...

Although urban soils often have different characteristics than soils used for production agriculture, they still provide many uses and benefits to urban dwellers. MANHATTAN,...

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. “From bombs to bovines.” That sounds like an...

credit - Pratt Community College After attending Pratt Community College and starting their careers while they were in college, both David McComb and Jake Lewis find...

MeatingPlace.com photo credit: Kansas Meatloaf Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday said he did not expect the 2015 Dietary Guidelines to make...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau   The egg is in hot water again thanks to recent reports of high cholesterol levels in the U.S....