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The skies opened up in Kansas this weekend, bringing rain to crops that needed it. It also brought challenges.
Many corn fields in western Kansas will end up being abandoned because they didn't grow enough grain to harvest. The USDA says more than half of the state’s corn is in poor or very poor condition.
and scouting efforts across Kansas confirmed active leaf hoppers in many additional counties. Although most of the positive reports are from field corn, corn stunt spiroplasma was also confirmed ...
Lucas Haag with the Kansas State University Research & Extension Office told 27 News some farmers have let their corn fields dry out purposefully prior to harvest. Multiple factors go into the ...
The corn will be ground and mixed with other ... A combine harvesting grain sorghum, also known as milo, turns around in a field in Sheridan County, Kansas, during the harvest season in mid ...
Then as drought parched southwest Kansas this fall ... customize irrigation rates across a field. Some have switched to crops that require less water than corn, such as cotton.
Alex Noll is pictured in one of his northeast Kansas’ corn fields. (Courtesy photo.) The Kansas Corn Yield Contest is sponsored by Kansas Corn and K-State Research and Extension. The state ...
Americans trust the safety and security of their food. Kansas State University plant pathologist Jim Stack said that trust is ...
Dust storms can occur anywhere there’s loose soil and wind. Along with Illinois, states including Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, ...
Today it is known for sorghum, wheat and corn used for cattle feed. Because of the success of the beef industry, which alone brings in $11 billion to Kansas each year, it’s hard to change what ...
SMITH CENTER, Kansas, June 18 (Reuters) - In a tiny town surrounded by miles of rippling wheat fields, Brady ... upended U.S. farmers' fortunes. Corn, soy and wheat futures are trading around ...