Warning tick infested area sign in a grassy field. (Adobe Stock │ #690377558 - Yuriy T)

Tick, Tick, Tick: Warm weather creates opportunity for blood-sucking parasite

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Mason jars of Red Strawberry jam. (Adobe Stock │ #308462207 - Jennifer)

K-State food scientist shares tips on safely canning homegrown foods

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Aerial View of a Cow Feed Lot in the Southern Midwest. (iStock │ #1279267170 - Jacob Boomsma)
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Keeff Felty, past president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, and an Oklahoma farmer, remains optimistic about wheat’s potential. (Courtesy photo.)
Crabgrass is manually removed from a lawn. (iStock │ #115867077 - PICSUNV)

Lawn got you crabby? Time nears to apply preventers

Chiggers are non-burrowing mites and do not transmit disease. (Shutterstock │ #1079715854 - Jay Ondreicka)

Chiggers: K-State entomologist shares tips to avoid the itch

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Blue sky over a green field in the springtime. (Adobe Stock │ #193554345 - Gabriele Maltinti)