AG Derek Schmidt Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Ohio Case Over Regulation of Railroad Traffic
Topeka, KS – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant Ohio’s petition for writ of certiorari in a case that could give states the authority to regulate railroad traffic and improve public safety, particularly at blocked crossings. Schmidt recently joined an amicus brief alongside a coalition of states supporting Ohio’s […]
Kansas Net Farm Income Holding Steady in ’22, but Next Year Could be Tougher
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS. – A Kansas State University agricultural economist says farm income in Kansas has remained “pretty good” in 2022 despite the rising cost of doing business. But Greg Ibendahl says farmers should be cautious heading into 2023 as the combined effects of weather […]
Pipeline Company says Kansas Oil Spill Contained, but Chemicals Found Downstream
Washington County, KS- Chemicals from the Keystone pipeline spill in north-central Kansas have shown up farther downstream in Mill Creek than the oil company’s repeated statements suggest. TC Energy and regulatory agencies say the oil spill is limited to a containment area — the length of the stream that lies between where the company’s pipeline […]
Once Christmas is Over, What Happens to the Tree?
“Tips on how to dispose of and utilize Christmas trees at the end of the season”
One Year After Wildfires, Kansas Ranchers Vow to ‘Get By … Somehow’
Paradise, KS— These are the survivors. As rancher Rich Koester walks through his cattle pen, he points them out one by one. The cow with a plastic ear tag that’s warped from melting in the fire’s heat. Another whose burnt hair never quite grew all the way back. The Black Angus who’s still a little jumpy […]
Study: Compound Effects of Heat, Drought and Wind Pound Great Plains Wheat
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– Kansas State University researchers have published a study in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Communications, quantifying the negative impacts that the triple punch of heat, drought and wind has had on wheat yields in Kansas and the surrounding region over the past 40 […]
Governor Kelly Releases Tax Cut Plan to Save Kansans More Than $500M Over Next Three Years
Roeland Park, KS– Governor Laura Kelly today released her three-part ‘Axing Your Taxes’ plan to save Kansans more than $500 million over the next three years. The comprehensive plan delivers on major campaign promises, including a push to immediately ‘axe the tax’ on groceries and eliminate the state sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene […]
This is the First Time the Kansas Water Authority has Voted to Save What’s Left of the Ogallala
Colby, KS — The board that advises the Kansas governor and Legislature on water policy now says the state needs to dramatically cut farming irrigation to stop draining the Ogallala aquifer. The vote by the Kansas Water Authority on Wednesday signals a call for a major shift in state policy. For the first time, a state […]
K-State Plans Four-Part Series on Leasing Farmland
“Program highlights principles of managing leases as a tenant and landlord”
Not Just Any Oil Spill. The Keystone Pipeline Dumped Notoriously Hard-to-Clean ‘Dilbit’ in Kansas
Washington County, KS- Each day that passes, the hundreds of thousands of gallons of sludgy oil coating Mill Creek in north-central Kansas become harder to clean up. That’s because the pipeline that busted just outside the town of Washington on Dec. 7 doesn’t carry conventional crude oil. It carries a product of the Canadian tar sands called […]