Tag: agriculture
GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) A disease that causes blister-like sores on the mouths of horses and other livestock has spread to Kansas, marking the eighth state where it has been detected. The Kansas Department of…
While some viewed Tuesdays proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency as a win for farmers, representatives of both the Kansas Corn Growers Association and the National Corn Growers Association were not convinced. Two weeks ago…
Over the summer Farm Bureau released a startling report, showing Kansas was second in the nation in Chapter 12 bankruptcies, with 39 over a one-year period dating back to June 2018. To put that in…
A new plan released by the Trump Administration on Friday which was short on details, or an explanation of how it would work promises to restore the demand for ethanol that has been…
President Trump has been fixated on Japans alleged exploitation of the United States for decades. Starting in the mid-1980s, he criticized Japan for protecting its markets unfairly against U.S. products while this country helped protect…
MANHATTAN Briana Yokum, Humboldt, was among the 620 Kansas State University students who completed her degree requirements to graduate from Kansas State University. Yokum earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture.
WASHINGTON Five months after devastating spring flooding across the Midwest, farms along the Missouri River remain under water. This summer, severe drought has hit patches of Texas and Oklahoma. Areas of the West and Southeast…
An exceptionally wet summer has local farmer Dick Works ?cautiously? optimistic about potential harvests this fall. Farmers are not ready to turn the page on 2019, despite an array of obstacles. Low-flying crop dusters have…
According to the results from the 2017 agriculture census released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kansas ranks fifth in production. The census is taken every four to five years, with the first being conducted…
For 45 years Craig Mentzer has been farming his land in Geneva, an unincorporated town in northwestern Allen County. Hes endured floods, hes weathered several droughts, but with 2019 just past the halfway mark he…
