Thursday, January 1, 2026

Agriculture

The U.S. Wheat Tour in the Perspective of a Chinese

By Shijun Yan, associate director of the Confucius Institute at Kansas State University Kansas is a leading agricultural state and well known as "The Wheat...

USDA Announces Safety Net Assistance for Milk Producers

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced approximately $11.2 million in financial assistance to American dairy producers enrolled in the 2016 Margin Protection Program for...

Summit on Agricultural Growth to Be Held August 30

Leaders from across the state will focus on the future of agriculture this month as the Kansas Department of Agriculture will host the 2016...

U.S. Growers Plant Record High Soybeans Acreage in 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates U.S. soybean planted area at a record high 83.7 million acres, up 1...

Trade Visit to Demonstrate U.S. Wheat Competitive Advantages to Venezuelan Millers

  Quality control and purchasing managers from three Venezuelan flour mills will visit North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Ohio on July 31 to August 6,...

FamilyFarms Charities establishes agriculture scholarship

FamilyFarms Charities announced at the FamilyFarms Group Summer Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana that a memorial scholarship has been established in memory of the late...

Sugarcane Aphids Spotted in Sedgwick County

Sugarcane aphids have now been found in Sedgwick County in VERY low numbers.  We also observed many beneficial insects in the field.  These beneficials,...

KDA Seeks Participants for Statewide Survey of Specialty Crops

The Kansas Department of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension are seeking specialty crop producers to participate in the Statewide Survey of Specialty Crop...