Saturday, December 20, 2025

Agriculture

Studies Find Reflective Mulches Control Mexican Bean Beatles

A Virginia Tech study funded by a Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SSARE) Graduate Student Grant has shown that using reflective plastic mulch...

Great Plains Growers Conferenced Slated for Early January

Great Plains Growers Conference January 7, 8 & 9, 2016 St. Joseph, MO: The Great Plains Growers Conference (GPGC) is a combination of two great conferences:...

Professor Researches New Ways to Fight Johnsongrass

MANHATTAN, Kan. – For many agricultural producers, dealing with noxious weeds can be an irritable part of daily life, but what if that noxious...

US Forest Service Aims to Protect Sage Grouse for Future Generations

The need for food and shelter for wildlife to survive is basic, particularly for sage grouse living in a post-wildfire landscape in western states....

Direct to Consumer Farm Sales Growing Nationally

American consumers are enjoying increasingly more opportunities to buy food directly from farmers and to patronize grocery stores and restaurants that offer local foods....

Great Plains Grazing Project Creates Videos for Better Cattle Grazing

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Cow-calf and beef stocker producers in the Great Plains now have a new set of tools to help them adapt quickly...

Soil Health Institute Created to Improve Nations Soil

ARDMORE, Okla. — With more than one million organisms in a single teaspoon of Earth, soil is the starting point for plant, animal and...

Members and Friends Honored at Farm Bureau Annual Meeting

Kansas Farm Bureau recognized members and friends at its 97th Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-8 in Manhattan. The organization featured its Friends of Agriculture. This award...