With information flying at us from every direction – from tweets to Facebook [ ... ]

   While combines began cutting in south central Kansas counties at  [ ... ]

• Harvest is Right Around the Corner…
• Kansas Farmers and Ranchers' Voices Heard
• Cotton Continues to STAX the Deck
• A Record-Breaking Crop? Not So Fast…

By Bill Spiegel
Kansas Wheat
  The 2012 wheat harvest is in full swing in Sumner County, which each year produces more wheat than any other county in Kansas.

• Residents hauling water for decades to get drinking water from the tap soon
• Gas plan faces stiff scrutiny
• Jewell of the Plains
• Grain company scrambles to finish Kansas elevator
• Tornadoes make appearance in Kansas couple's wedding photos

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering - the process by which gr [ ... ]

• Barley yellow dwarf symptoms, yield losses, and control
• Preliminary wheat variety reactions to stripe rust and leaf rust
• Management of grain sorghum before wheat
• K-State Scientist on Wheat Rust Diseases: Correctly Identifying if Fungicides Needed – or Not – is Important
• Aphids Apparent in Kansas Wheat, But Natural Predators at Work

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — With Nebraska's winter wheat crop maturing at a rapid pace because of this year's unusually warm spring, harvesting will start early.

• Texas crop, weather: Drought recedes, but conditions still dicey in some regions
• Drought recedes, but conditions still dicey in some regions
• Harvest of Okla. wheat begins, farmers optimistic
• USDA predicts record US corn harvest this summer
• Corn becoming king in Upper Midwest as acres rise

By Zenie Chin Sampson
Associated Press Writer    
RICHMOND, Va. — The Caroline County farm where champion racehorse Secretariat was born left her family's possession decades ago,  [ ... ]

• Small dairies go under as milk prices sink again
• Some Ala. farmers cut back crops, citing crackdown
• Vt. dairy farm closing down, auctioning cows
• Deere fiscal 2Q profit rises, beats expectations
• USDA predicts record US corn harvest this summer

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A U.N. agency says Egypt's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has reached neighboring Gaza Strip and could soon spread across the Middle East.

• SKorea retailers halt US beef sales over mad cow
• Indonesia halts US beef imports amid mad cow case
• Japan and Canada to start free trade talks
• Commodities firm Glencore to buy Canada's Viterra
• Siemens in 0 million British buy

Balers, combines to dramatically reduce biomass harvesting costs WICHITA - May 18, 2012 - Feedstox™ (a KABB company*) has purchased seven new pieces of agricultural equipment as part of the n [ ... ]

• FSA Program Deadlines
• iCEV Presents the Facts of Lean, Finely Textured Beef
• New law gives local control to conserve and extend water
• Multi-year flex account application form now available for download
• U.S. Wheat Industry Welcomes U.S-Colombia FTA Implementation Date