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USDA Summarizes Data on Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops
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USDA Economic Research Service has released an updated data set that summarizes the adoption of genetically engineered crops in the United States from 2000...
Kansas Wheat Scoop No. 1904: State-of-the-Art Prairie Skyscraper Joins Kansas Skyline
By Julia Debes
For audio file and photos, visit www.kansaswheat.org.
Standing tall above the plains, prairie skyscrapers dot the Kansas landscape. But, these local grain elevators are...
National Working Group on Cover Crops and Soil Health Releases Recommendations
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The National Working Group on Cover Crops and Soil Health released a list of 10 recommendations for improving soil health and expanding the use...
Fact Sheet Available on Wheat Disease New to Kansas
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Wheat Flag Smut is detected for the first time since the 1930s.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas is hosting an unwanted traveler this year – wheat...
Controlling weed seeds in wheat stubble
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By Ryan Flaming, County Extension Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources
Because of the excessively wet weather in May, among other reasons, many fields of wheat...
Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 2-8 National Farmers Market Week
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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
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This is the final day of the 2015 Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat...
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
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Weather on the High Plains has always been fickle, but this year has been extreme – even for Kansas. Going from...