Editor's Picks
Category: Kansas
Kansas Soybean Expo, Topeka, Jan. 8 Oct 31, 2019
Kansas soybean farmers and their industry partners will gather Jan. 8, 2020, in Topeka for the Kansas Soybean Expo. The Kansas Soybean Association (KSA) organizes the annual event, with checkoff […]
Farm Size Not a True Gauge of Profitability – Study Oct 11, 2019
A pair of Kansas State University agricultural economists have taken a look at the characteristics that make farms successful in Kansas, and have found that bigger doesn’t always mean better. […]
Southern Plains: Research to Boost Rainfed Ag – Improving Efficiencies, Soil Health Sep 17, 2019
Kansas State University is leading a multi-agency team focused on improving water and nitrogen use efficiencies and improving soil health in the semi-arid southern Great Plains. The nearly $10 million […]
Wheat Blast: Another Challenge for Keeping Ahead of This Disease Sep 12, 2019
Kansas State University researchers studying a fungal disease capable of taking out an entire wheat crop are finding new evidence that the pathogen is even more feisty than they originally […]
Kansas: Agronomy Fall Field Day, Manhattan, Sept. 20 Sep 12, 2019
The 2019 growing season presented many weather-related challenges to producers in Kansas and neighboring states. In response to these challenges, the focus of Kansas State University’s 2019 Agronomy Fall Field […]
Wheat: 3 New Varieties Released from KSU Sep 6, 2019
Certified seed growers will have 3 new wheat varieties this fall. In 2020, they will be available to farmers. Kansas State University’s new releases include two hard red winter wheat […]
Kansas Wheat: Maximize Next Year’s Yields, Control Volunteer Wheat Now Aug 22, 2019
Hidden in the stubble of 2019’s wheat harvest, wheat curl mites are moving to find sprouting volunteer wheat seedlings to inhabit and continue the life cycle of wheat streak mosaic […]
Kansas: Water, Soil Conservation Field Day, Moundridge, Aug. 23 Aug 13, 2019
The Flickner Innovation Farm will host its first-ever field day event on Friday, August 23, highlighting current work by local producers, industry members and Kansas State University researchers to conserve […]
Kansas Sorghum: Keep Beneficials in Mind When Spraying Headworms, Sugarcane Aphids Aug 9, 2019
A crop entomologist at Kansas State University is urging sorghum growers to be patient as they consider options for protecting this year’s crop from damaging pests. Jeff Whitworth says that […]
Kansas Hemp: Test Plots Flourish, Good News for Farmers? Aug 9, 2019
The distinctive smell of hemp now wafts through certain test plots at multiple K-State Research and Extension sites across Kansas. The end goal is to find out whether it’s also […]
