Great Bend hemp farmers share insights on growing Kansas industry
By Rick McNary Freelance writer Kansas Country Living Did you know that the original Levi jeans were made from hemp? Levi Strauss, a pioneer in… Login to continue reading Login…
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K-State biologists receive more than $1.8 million for wild turkey research
By Marcia Locke Kansas News Service Special to the Tribune MANHATTAN — Two Kansas State University biologists are leading a study to understand why wild… Login to continue reading Login…
ITC Great Plains plants monarch habitat to protect declining pollinators
Medicine Lodge, Kansas – In keeping with a longtime commitment to conservation efforts and good land stewardship, ITCGreat Plains planted 11 acres of pollinator habitat at the Thistle Substation near Medicine Lodge, Kansas on December 12.Pollinators like the monarch butterfly are necessary for more than a third of crop production and have suffered drastic population losses over the past 20 years.
Master Gardener Tips Care of winter plants indoors explained
Care of Christmas CactusChristmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) and Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) are epiphytes native to the jungles of South America.
Building a supply chain for local foods
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K-State shares sorghum-growing strategies with Madagascar farmers
Harvest season for sorghum has wrapped up in Kansas, but 10,000 miles away in Madagascar the planting season has only just begun.Those farmers in the African country could soon be using western Kansas strategies for growing the grain as they grapple with a changing climate.A $2.5 million grant will fund the international partnership at a time when farmers in both Kansas and Madagascar are working to cope with water scarcity.
Alliance Ag & Grain creates apprenticeship program through KFB’s RKAP
Alliance Ag & Grain has announced the launch of an apprenticeship program through Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) award-winning Rural Kansas Apprenticeship Program (RKAP).“Alliance Ag & Grain is excited to partner with Kansas Farm Bureau in their Rural Kansas Apprenticeship Program,” said Jeff Stockton, Alliance Ag & Grain vice president of business development.
Irrigation technology funds available to farmers
The Kansas Corn Growers Association is encouraging farmers to apply for new cost share assistance and incentive payments now available to assist growers with irrigation efficiency technology.The program is administered through the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation.Kansas Corn CEO Josh Roe said the Kansas Corn Growers Association and other ag groups worked to secure this funding through the Kansas Water Plan in the 2023 legislative session.“This is a meaningful investment making about $550,000 available to help growers adopt irrigation technology.
Pratt County Farm Service Agency Foreign Investors Must Report Agricultural Land Ownership to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lori Kreutzer, County Executive Director of the Pratt and Barber County Farm Service Agency, has reminded foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S.