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Ag News, Cow Calf, Feeder, General, Genetics, Livestock, Stocker

End goal in mind when raising calves 

Southwest Kansas cattle producer Laton Dowling has expanded the cow herd, improved genetics and took on direct beef sales since he's returned to the family farm. Read More

Students from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan and Kansas State University student hosts. (Photo: Kansas Department of Agriculture)
Central Region, Education, Kansas, Regional Roundup

Taiwanese ag students visit Kansas

Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini urges gardeners not to bury peonies too deep, which increases the chance that they may not flower. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Why ants are drawn to peonies each spring



Canola (K-State Research and Extension news service)

Warmer spring pushes High Plains canola toward earlier harvest

United States tariffs government import taxation. (Adobe Stock-#1379960473 │ Miha Creative)

Tariffs create uneven impacts across U.S.

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

Growth implants’ effect on efficiency

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Hereford cows on grass. (K-State Research and Extension)

Weighing genetic risk and reward

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Cooler filled with food for a camping trip. (iStock-#150875029 │ fishysam)

Salmonella outbreak traced to cooler highlights hidden food safety risk

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Monarch Butterfly feeding on a rubber rabbitbrush bloom. (Adobe Stock │ #499457615 - Jim)

How to attract butterflies to your garden

Farmer walking through a field checking wheat crop. (Adobe Stock │ #115058843 - maxbelchenko)

Kansas wheat growers urged to scout for rust as spring conditions shift risk

Cow and calf. (Adobe Stock │ #312571256 - emotionpicture)

What may be causing difficult births

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service