k-state research and extension

Homemade Dark Chocolate Fudge (Photo: iStock - bhofack2)
Home and Family

K-State food scientist says holiday candy can be a science experiment

When it comes to making holiday candy, K-State Extension's Karen Blakeslee says it’s a cooking process that usually turns into a science experiment. Read More

Old rusty traditional tools, instruments, implements and farm or household equipment on wooden shed wall background. (Photo: iStock - AVolke)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

After the season: A few chores remain for gardeners

Dairy cows at the K-State Dairy Farm (Photo: K-State Research and Extension)
Agronomics, Central Region, Kansas, Land, Regional Roundup

Kansas Landowner Conference adds more breakout sessions to 2024 schedule



Preschool teacher with children playing with colorful wooden didactic toys at kindergarten (Photo: iStock - Lordn)

Tips for parents: assessing early childhood care and education options

Farmer planting young seedlings of lettuce salad in the vegetable garden (Photo: iStock - AlexRaths)

It’s time to plant salad in the fall garden

Garden sprinkler watering grass at home backyard (Photo: iStock - ronstik)

Reducing water use in landscaping

  • By Lisa Moser │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Schoolchildren students standing in line waiting for boarding school bus before starting new educational semester year after summer holidays. (iStock - Inside Creative House)

Stretching the dollar at back-to-school time

  • By Lisa Moser │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Grasshopper (Photo by Alice Whyte, Vilas, North Carolina.)

In the garden: Am I growing plants, or feeding grasshoppers?

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Caring parents teaching financial education to their children while counting money together to put in the piggy bank (Photo: iStock - Antonio_Diaz)

Tips for Parents: Helping children understand time, talent and money

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
cerditos pigs

Kansas youth nab titles at Bob Hines Swine Classic

The 360 RAIN irrigation system is the newest technology in place at the Flickner Innovation Farm near Moundridge. (Photo courtesy Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment, July 12, 2024)

Kansas Innovation Farm to unveil new irrigation technology