Markets
June 2016 Farm Price Index
June Farm Prices Received Index Decreased 1.4 Percent
The June Prices Received Index (Agricultural Production), at 93.5, decreased 1.4 percent from May 2016. At 87.3, the...
Agriculture
Trade Visit to Demonstrate U.S. Wheat Competitive Advantages to Venezuelan Millers
Quality control and purchasing managers from three Venezuelan flour mills will visit North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Ohio on July 31 to August 6,...
Health
Pick a peck of peppers this summer
Holly Jay, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Cass County, University of Missouri Extension
Peppers come in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and flavors ranging...
Horticulture
Watering Fruit Plants in Hot Summers
When temperatures exceed 90 degrees F, fruit plants lose water quickly. When this happens, moisture is withdrawn from the fruit to supply the tree....
Kansas News
K-State’s Kansas River Valley Experiment Field to host field day Aug. 9
Updates on recent row crop research, plus complimentary dinner are part of the evening.
Crop production including seed treatments, disease issues, planter research, foliar fungicides,...
Outdoors
Commission To Discuss 2017 Turkey Hunting Regulations
The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission will conduct a public meeting in Clay Center at Life’s Finer Moments, 1285 16th Road, on August...
Outdoors
Jr. Sailing Camp starts next week
The Ninnescah Sailing Association’s (NSA) invites youth age 8-17 to participate in their Jr. Sailing Camp August 1-5 at Cheney Lake. Instructional classes begin...
Horticulture
Cicada Killer Wasp Controll
These large (1-1/3- to 1-5/8-inch long) wasps fly slowly above the ground. Cicada killers have a black body with yellow marks across the thorax...
