Monday, January 12, 2026

Agriculture

Tell the livestock story

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Today’s livestock producers work in a noble profession. Unfortunately, not everyone believes this so people who care for animals...

Tour of Seven-Acre Black Walnut Plantation to Highlight Field Day

  ATCHISON, Kan. -- A tour of the International Forest of Friendship, a walk through a seven-acre, 15- to 17-year-old black walnut plantation and a...

Dark-eyed Junco birds may damage Kansas Crops

Wichita State University microbiology professor Mark Schneegurt and ornithology professor Chris Rogers have discovered that one of North America’s most common migratory birds –...

Agricultural Prices

  National Agricultural Statistics Service April Farm Prices Received Index Increased 2.0 Percent The April Prices Received Index (Agricultural Production), at 104, increased 2.0 percent from March. The...

USDA Fosters Market Transparency in Grass Fed Lamb and Goat Industry

USDA According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, there are over five million head of sheep and lambs in the United States, and over 2.6...

Poultry Slaughter

Released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 4 Percent from Last Year April 2014 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. April...

Chickens and Eggs

  National Agricultural Statistics Service Special Note The 2014 monthly and annual data and 2015 monthly data to date, for Egg-Type and Broiler-Type Eggs in Incubators on the...

Think back to the summer of 2011 and 2012. Wow those were dry years!

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture Our weather and climate can sure surprise us! Reducing home water use has become a major concern for...