Tag: agriculture
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A major food corporation has selected Kansas wheat as the best in the nation for a three-year pilot project. The restorative farming project will discover ways farmers can save water, increase…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Interest in growing industrial hemp as a commercial crop is up in Kansas where regulators are reporting a 30% rise in licensing applications for the second year of the state’s research…
Many farmers are wrapping up a frustrating first year of growing hemp, which was legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill. Its kind of a good way to start, in that thats about as bad as…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Foreign governments are trying to get proprietary information about Kansas business and agricultural assets, state legislators heard Tuesday in extraordinary, secret briefings with a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, according…
The Kansas Department of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension will host six regional workshops in February to assist farmers market vendors and managers. The first will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 1 at Allen…
The comment period on an Environmental Protection Agency rule regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ends this month, but farm state lawmakers and biofuels advocates continue to argue the rule isnt adequate. And they are…
Kansas rural business owners, farm and ranch families continually look at best options for feasibility and profitability by attending educational meetings, trying out new practices, assessing risks and talking with their neighbor or consultant. They…
Area farmers and ranchers are invited and highly encouraged to attend one of the FSA informational meetings to learn about the farm program options that are contained in the 2018 Farm Bill. The Agricultural Risk…
Although 4-H is an organization geared toward youth, a visit to an annual 4-H banquet is a good reminder that its lessons are for life. Wednesday?s affair for Allen County 4-H clubs began with the…
Nearly 70,000 young people recently attended the National FFA convention in Indianapolis. I could write a book about all of the awesome things that happen at this event and how it changes lives. One of…
