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Delegates selected to attend Taiwan Youth Exchange Program
MANHATTAN, Kan. - The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) is pleased to announce three student delegates representing Kansas at the 2015 Taiwan Youth Exchange...
World Soil Day: Celebrate the Many Benefits of Soil Dec. 5
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What lies beneath your feet shows more activity and tells more stories than you might realize.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – In a lab at Kansas State...
Animal health board to meet December 9
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Board will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 via conference call...
Local food and farm task force to meet
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Local Food and Farm Task Force will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2014. The meeting will be...
Veteran careers in agriculture resource guide available
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Farmer Veteran Coalition has released Veteran Careers in Agriculture: A Resource Guide. The 40-page PDF publication introduces the Farmer Veteran Coalition and its work,...
Cover crop survey reports yield boost
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For the second year in a row, a national survey of farmers has documented a yield boost and other benefits from the use of...
Garlic for the Spring, CSA lessons learned, appropriate tomatoes, and souping up the coop
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Even though the growing season is essentially over, there is still lots going on here at the SIFT farm. We planted garlic in mid-October,...
Winterizing your chickens
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Winter is coming. If you are raising chickens for the first time this can be a daunting realization, especially if you live somewhere like...
Wheat response to cold temperatures
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By Ryan Flaming, County Extension Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources
The sudden sharp drop in temperatures across Kansas this week will certainly cause the wheat...
Animal scientist funston gets regional extension award
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Extension beef cattle reproduction specialist Rick Funston has been honored for his beef and heifer management work.
Funston won the 2014...