Sunday, January 11, 2026

Agriculture

Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 2-8 National Farmers Market Week

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared Aug. 2 through 8, 2015, as "National Farmers Market Week." The declaration was...

Day 12, Final Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

For an audio file, visit www.kansaswheat.org .   This is the final day of the 2015 Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat...

Fact Sheet: USDA Support for Older Americans

USDA is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of older adults, ensuring that all older Americans have access to healthy food, and that...

Kansas Wheat Scoop No. 1903: All in Good Authority

By Audrey Schmitz For audio file and photos,  visit www.kansaswheat.org.   In a successful bipartisan effort President Obama signed the Trade Promotion Authority into law on June...

Kansas Wheat Scoop No. 1903: All in Good Authority

By Audrey Schmitz For audio file and photos,  visit www.kansaswheat.org.   In a successful bipartisan effort President Obama signed the Trade Promotion Authority into law on June...

Faces of Harvest: Brad Hobelmann

By Audrey Schmitz   Ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper, Brad Hobelmann from Belleville, Kansas has been involved in wheat harvest. In the late...

K-State Risk and Profit Conference Set for Aug. 20-21 Weather topics play a prominent role this year

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Weather on the High Plains has always been fickle, but this year has been extreme – even for Kansas. Going from...

Faces of Harvest: Chris Tanner

By Julia Debes   Luckily, Chris made the decision to apply fungicide to his crop. His wheat yielded between 30 to 50 bushels per acre with...