Submitted For the week ending Sept. 10, there were 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 34 percent very short,…

Submitted Based on Sept. 1 conditions, Kansas’s 2023 corn production is forecast at 677 million bushels, up 33 percent from last year’s production, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…

Submitted According to the 2019 U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the agricultural sector is still the most dangerous in America, with 573 fatalities, an equivalent of 23.1 deaths per 100,000…

Submitted For the week ending Sept. 3 there were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 33 percent very short,…

Submitted The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides assistance for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather, disease and attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by…

Submitted The Kansas Department of Agriculture has been awarded $328,330.06 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Funds for the program are presented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural…

Submitted For the week ending Aug. 27, there were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies…

Submitted The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health has received notification of multiple confirmed cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in horses across the state over the past…

Submitted The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that up to $10 million in available competitive grant funding through the 2023 Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP). The SCMP strengthens the…

Submitted The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it is updating the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payment rate to support livestock producers in the Midwest who have lost cattle…

Submitted On Monday, Aug. 21, the milk production in Kansas during July 2023 totaled 340 million pounds, down two percent from July 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…

Submitted Governor Laura Kelly has approved updated drought declarations for Kansas counties with Executive Order No. 23-04. “Kansans have been resilient in the face of drought this past year,” Governor…

Submitted The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it is updating the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payment rate to support livestock producers in the Midwest who have lost cattle…

Submitted Geographic information system staff at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks are proud to offer hunters a new tool this year designed to make locating fields managed specifically…

Submitted For the week ending Aug. 13, there were 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies…