Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Jacquelyne Leffler, Leffler Prime Performance
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University Manhattan, KS- The call came while she was sitting with her dad at a pizza place. Essentially, the message was: “Sorry, we’re canceling our entire order from your business.” Since that was all the product that she had […]
Morel-ly right: Online Classes will Help Enthusiasts ID, Sell Popular Wild Mushroom
K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– K-State Research and Extension, in partnership with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, is offering online classes at two different times to help people earn the necessary approval to sell wild morel mushrooms. The classes will be offered online through Zoom on March 15 from noon […]
Marshall, Colleagues Secure Delay on Lesser Prairie-Chicken Endangered Species Act Listing
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced it is extending the effective date of the final rule to list the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act until March 27, 2023. This decision comes after U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and his colleagues urged the USFWS to delay the rule […]
Cattle Chat: K-State Experts Share Criteria for Assessing Udder Quality
By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS — As people age, sometimes their bodies break down and gravity takes hold in ways that they believe are not desirable. That can also be true in beef cattle when it comes to udder condition, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle […]
How Bad was the 2022 Drought? For these 7 Kansas Communities, it was the Driest on Record
It might not rain much in Healy. But if it does, it’s Steve Fenster’s job to know about it. Every morning for more than 40 years as a volunteer with the National Weather Service, he’s peered out the window of his west-central Kansas home scouring his patio for any signs of moisture. If it’s the […]
Video: Implications of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing as Endangered Species
K-State Research and Extension news service In this video, K-State Research and Extension wildlife specialist Drew Ricketts sits with Agriculture Today producer Samantha Bennett to explain what the November, 2022 designation of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as an endangered species means to western Kansas agriculture producers and landowners. In Kansas, he notes, the […]
Oklahoma Attorney General Drummond Comments on Ruling in Federal Lawsuit over Illinois River
Oklahoma City, OK– Attorney General Gentner Drummond lauded today’s decision by Oklahoma Northern District Federal Judge Gregory Frizzell favoring the State of Oklahoma in a long-running federal lawsuit over environmental damage to Oklahoma waters, particularly the Illinois River watershed and Lake Tenkiller. In 2005, then-Attorney General Drew Edmondson filed the suit against 13 poultry companies and […]
K-State Releases Updated Guide on Chemical Weed Control
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– Kansas State University has released a publication that helps farmers and other landowners sort through many factors related to controlling weeds on pastures and other land. Weed scientist Sarah Lancaster said the 2023 Chemical Weed Control for Field Crops, Pastures, Rangeland and […]
Crews Have Cleaned Up Most of the Oil that Spilled out of the Keystone Pipeline in Kansas
Washington County, KS- The pipeline company that spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of oil onto fields and into a stream in north-central Kansas says it has cleaned up more than 85% of the crude. Meanwhile, the Washington County, Kansas, newspaper reported that the Keystone pipeline is by far the county’s biggest source of tax revenue. The county’s second-biggest source […]
Kansas 4-H Teams with Healthy Blue to Improve Wellness of Kansas Uouth
K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– Officials with the Kansas 4-H Foundation and Healthy Blue have announced a partnership to invest in the mental health and well-being of Kansas youth. According to information from the 4-H Foundation, Healthy Blue – a collaboration of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Blue […]