Friday, December 19, 2025

Kansas News

Weird Squash, Cucumbers or Melons

Occasionally we receive a call from someone who has a squash (or cucumber or melon) that just doesn’t look like what was supposedly planted....

Visit Our Arboretum

Our Extension grounds are filled with a wide range of trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, herbs, and vegetables for you to explore. Everything on our...

Program Development Committees

Would you like to make a difference in our community by helping us determine what programs are most needed and impactful? We are currently...

Budgeting for Christmas

Christmas in July?  Well, Santa shouldn't be the only one making a list and checking it twice. The best time to start budgeting for...

Food Preservation

It's Canning Season! Home gardens and farmers markets are bursting with lots of fresh produce. A word of caution though, just because grandma canned...

Kansas Water Photo Contest Launched

Kansas is blessed with great natural resources and Kansans are encouraged to capture the most vital of these, water. The Kansas Water Office (KWO)...

Be on lookout for Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus in Kansas

By Ryan Flaming, County Extension Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources This year when you are out scouting your soybean fields, be sure to keep a...

Kansas Wheat Scoop No. 1955: A ‘Fitbit’ for plants?

Low-cost, portable platform to gauge plant health             Kansas State University student and phenocart developer Jared Crain collects data using the phenocart in drought stress wheat...