Recent news
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Day 1 Wheat Tour
May 3, 2016
Twenty vehicles with 78 participants headed west from Manhattan, Kansas, today on the Hard Winter Wheat Tour 2016. Scouts stopped in 306 locations on the six routes between Manhattan and Colby.
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Enter the Kansas Wheat Yield Contest
April 15, 2016
Now that the 2015 Kansas wheat crop is breaking dormancy, achieving top yields is on the minds of wheat farmers. With Mother Nature’s help, your best management practices could be just the ticket to…
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Should Farmers Share More? Consumers Say Yes.
April 14, 2016
With wheat harvest quickly approaching, eyes all over the world are watching the Kansas crop. This includes consumers, who consistently report that they want to hear from the farmers who produce…
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Kansas wheat crop battles drought and disease
April 8, 2016
The Kansas wheat crop is currently facing three major hurdles: development being almost three weeks ahead of normal stages, drought conditions, and stripe rust and increasing disease pressure.
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Air Force One Lands in Cuba
March 31, 2016
Before March, Air Force One had never been to Cuba. As the call sign for planes used to transport the President of the United States, Air Force Ones have landed in more than 100 countries, but…
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Kansas Ag Month Kicks Off With Statewide Food Drive Campaign
March 4, 2016
The Neighbor to Neighbor statewide food drive kicked off Kansas Agriculture Month on March 2 in support of our neighbors in need and to reduce hunger in Kansas communities.
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Kansas Wheat celebrates 3 years of innovation
January 25, 2016
“What’s up with those greenhouses in the back?” That is a question which pops up every now and then between Kansas Wheat staffers and motorists who are just passing by the Kansas Wheat Innovation…
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KDA Mails Commodity Commission Ballots to Producers
January 19, 2016
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) today announced ballots to elect commissioners to the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers…
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