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Kansas Wheat: Farmers Contending with Weeds Left After Harvest
As the Kansas wheat harvest winds down, farmers likely are turning their attention to another bit of business in those same fields. “With all the moisture we’ve gotten in the […]
Kansas: 3 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas from Floods
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Kansas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties who suffered losses caused flooding that has occurred since March […]
Winter Wheat: Wrapping Up A Stressful Season – DTN
If your winter wheat survived the growing season — and that’s a big if — chances are it’s looking pretty good. That’s the story of the 2018-19 winter wheat crop […]
Kansas Corn: Disease Threat Currently Low
A Kansas State University row crop specialist says he’s happy – even if surprised – by the low incidence of disease he’s finding in the state’s corn fields so far […]
Soybean Plywood? Yes, It’s a Thing.
A nature-inspired solution has achieved a major milestone. U.S. soybean farmers gathered alongside Salina cabinetry workers at Crestwood Inc. to celebrate the use of U.S. soy inside 100 million panels […]
Kansas Wheat: Be on Look for Fusarium Head Blight
A Kansas State University wheat disease specialist says the state’s growers should be on the lookout for Fusarium head blight, also known as head scab, as they prepare to bring […]
Wheat: Kansas Researchers Look to Beat the Heat for High Yields
Can a small circuit board, barely the size of a credit card, help the world’s wheat to beat the heat? Kansas State University researchers think so, and they say that […]
Wheat: 20-Year Study Nets Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
Kansas State University researchers have identified a gene that will further boost efforts to develop new wheat varieties capable of resisting Fusarium head blight (FHB), a fungal disease that threatens […]
Kansas: Weed Management Field Day, Hays, July 2
The K-State Research and Extension Agricultural Research Center in Hays will host its annual weed management field day on Tuesday, July 2. The event will include discussions and demonstrations related […]
Kansas Weather: More Rain, Flooding Expected
Rainfall patterns that turned lawns and farm fields into unintended ponds and swelled rivers to capacity and beyond are likely to continue into June, according to weather specialists at Kansas […]
