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Kansas: Precision Ag Opens Management Options for Farmers Nov 20, 2020
Satellites, yield monitors and numerous other technologies have given farmers massive amounts of information about how crops perform on their land. The challenge they often find, however, is how to […]
Kansas: Cheyenne County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Flood Nov 19, 2020
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Cheyenne County, Kansas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding and flooding that occurred from July […]
Ethanol: Researchers Test Sorghum as Option for Grain-Based Production – Video Nov 9, 2020
Kansas State University researchers are tracking the nitrous oxide emissions associated with grain sorghum production, and its effect on the carbon intensity score – a measure of how much carbon […]
Kansas, Texas: “Furnace Winds” Occurring More Frequently Out West Oct 27, 2020
You don’t need to tell folks in western Kansas that it can get hot there. And sometimes windy. And sometimes really dry. But when all three conditions happen at the […]
Kansas: Rawlins County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Drought Oct 27, 2020
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Rawlins County, Kansas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Wheat: K-State Scientists Earn 2020 Gene Stewardship Award Oct 19, 2020
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working on the Kansas State University campus are part of a national team that has earned praise for its pioneering work in building sturdy […]
Farm Finances: Analyst Develops ‘Eight Knows’ from Years of Working with Farm Families Oct 2, 2020
Duane Hund spent a recent, beautiful fall day much as he always does, talking with a farmer about his costs of production and expense-to-income ratio. Not exactly light coffee shop […]
Kansas AgrAbility Joins 19-State “Virtual State Fair” During October Sep 23, 2020
A program that provides information and help to farmers, ranchers and other farm workers with disabilities or other limitations is about to launch a month-long effort to spread education in […]
Kansas: Study indicates Rising Temperatures Will Increase Yield Risk, Rrop Insurance Premium Rates Sep 18, 2020
In a different approach, agricultural economists use ‘cause of loss’ crop insurance data Kansas State University agricultural economists have taken a different approach than most to determine the risk farmers […]
Kansas Wheat: 2020 Variety Test Results Available Sep 4, 2020
With the next winter wheat crop planting just days away, Kansas farmers can be armed with information about how different varieties fared across the state in the last growing season. […]
