A Copeland farmer has been reappointed to the Kansas State Board of Agriculture by Governor Brownback. Jay Garetson, Copeland, is being reappointed to a four year term. Garetson graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Agriculture Economics. He is a fourth generation family farmer in Gray County and owner/general manager of Providence Transport. [...]
Closing Cash Grain Market Prices Friday May 17, 2013 Closing cash grain prices may 17, 2013
Farmers make plans to join us for the Annual Ellis County Wheat Plot tour to be held on Monday, May 20th beginning at 6 p.m. Extension specialist in Agronomy, Plant Pathology & Entomology will be present to discuss varieties, diseases, and insects of wheat in our area. Following the field day a complimentary meal is [...]
In an effort to prevent further spread of emerald ash borer in Kansas, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will set 441 traps to detect whether the plant pest is present. Kansas is participating in the USDA survey to monitor known emerald ash borer infestations and detect unknown beetle populations. [...]
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman announced today the Kansas Department of Agriculture will move the majority of its offices to Manhattan, Kansas, in summer 2014. A constitutional agency, KDA will maintain its main administrative office in Topeka but will move the majority of its programs to Manhattan, where Rodman said the agency can capitalize [...]
The Ogallala Aquifer Advisory Committee (OAAC) will hold their first meeting of 2013 to continue looking at short and long term options for the aquifer and its stakeholders. The committee will meet Monday, April 8 in Scott City at the Scott County Library meeting room, 110 W. 8th Street, Scott City at 10 a.m. Main [...]
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman issued the following statement Friday after committees in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate took steps forward to addressing the restrictive corporate farming laws in Kansas. “The Kansas Department of Agriculture is committed to the total support of the state’s agricultural sector and that includes doing everything we [...]
“I used to play in grain bins when I was a kid,” says Daylin Carlson, a freshman at Stockton High School who is also an FFA member. “I didn’t realize it’s so dangerous.” That was the eye-opening lesson for the FFA high school students from Stockton, Hays and Russell attending Wednesday’s annual Ag Safety Awareness [...]
This week’s Kansas map From the U-S Drought Monitor: Despite heavy snow across most of Kansas the last week of February, the entire state still remains in either Severe, Extreme, or Exceptional Drought. Ellis County is listed as Extreme, except for the very western edge of the county which is listed as Exceptional. The U.S. [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Few wheat farmers are given an opportunity to shape the future of their industry by engaging in research, marketing and promotion efforts. The Kansas Wheat Commission, however, has an opportunity for wheat farmers to do just that. The Kansas Wheat Commission seeks a wheat farmer to fill two At-Large Positions. These positions [...]
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