Horticulture
Itch Mites are Back in Kansas
Last year was a bad year for itch mites. It looks like 2016 may be bad as well. These arthropods are responsible for painful...
Markets
August 2016 Milk Production Report
August Milk Production up 1.9 Percent
Milk production in the 23 major States during August totaled 16.7 billion pounds, up 1.9 percent from August 2015....
Kansas News
Helping children develop good health habits
Linda S. Rellergert, MS, former Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension
Parents play an important role in helping their children develop good...
Kansas News
Kansas has files federal lawsuit challenging the new overtime rule
In May, in response to an Order from President Obama, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new overtime rule that revises the Fair...
Agriculture
Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program Accepting Applications
The 2016 Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program is currently accepting applications from high school seniors or college freshmen who are passionate about agriculture and...
Kansas News
Kansas NRCS Announces Deadline for EQIP Funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced November 18, 2016, as the first cut-off date to apply for fiscal year...
Horticulture
Kansas Gardening: Planting Trees in the Fall
The fall season can be an excellent time to plant trees. During the spring, soils are cold and may be so wet that low...
Horticulture
Why Rotate Vegetable Crops
Rotating vegetable crops is a standard way of helping prevent disease from being carried over from one year to the next. Rotation means that...
