Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee says cooking in the kitchen is a great learning experience for all ages. To avoid accidents, she has some reminders about safety in the kitchen: Stoves are hot. Turn pans with long handles away form other burners and from small helping hands. Because of a lot of hot, wet food and liquid, keep potholders dry or use silicone rubber potholders
MANHATTAN— Many people view spiders as pests, and the fear of spiders is one of the most common phobias among Americans. To their credit, however, they provide a great service to the home garden.
MANHATTAN – A potato is a potato is a potato…right? Maybe not, says Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee. “If you taste a whole vegetable, such as a baked sweet potato, compared to slices of sweet potato that are baked, you’ll have two different foods,” said Blakeslee, who is also coordinator of the university’s Rapid Response Center for food science.
K-State climatologist describes typical weather changes from beginning to end of school semester MANHATTAN – While college students move into dormitories – and younger children head to school wearing t-shirts and shorts, they likely will be a bit more bundled up come the end of the fall semester. Average temperatures in Kansas drop by 40-45 degrees Fahrenheit from August to December, and rain in August becomes snow by December.
K-State horticulture agent outlines key yard chores MANHATTAN – Crisp, fall temperatures may signal a step away from warmer summer weather, but Johnson County horticulture extension agent Dennis Patton says it’s not a time to completely put away summer work. Patton says several fall chores can set up lawns and gardens for success next spring.
Topics address potential issues with nitrates, prussic acid COLBY – Forage and cattle management considerations for this fall and into the next year will be the emphasis of a series of meetings planned across the state to help producers make decisions given limited on-farm forage production and high feed costs. “Many producers have already culled and weaned earlier than normal to decrease forage demand, and going forward additional adjustments may be needed for the fall and winter,” said Sandy Johnson, a K-State Research and Extension beef specialist.
MANHATTAN — For many, the Konza Prairie located just south of Manhattan, has the best nature hiking trails in the Flint Hills, but it also serves as a biological research station and home to nearly 280 bison. For more than 30 years, Kansas State University researchers have conducted fire and grazer experiments on the Konza Prairie to study the functions of the ecosystem; specifically, says biology assistant professor Zak Ratacjczak, they have been assessing the role bison play in encouraging biodiversity and resiliency in grassland plants.
MANHATTAN – Kansas State University researchers say a $2 million grant that they received recently will help to modernize recommendations for applying nitrogen to sorghum in a three-state region, ultimately boosting the value of grain sorghum in the United States.
Osage orange trees are still common throughout much of the United States, though not many people appreciate just how much the thorny, dense trees have shaped our country. Before Christopher Columbus’ arrival, Osage orange had a limited range in the Red River basin in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Like the droves of Europeans who followed, the tree eventually spread to all corners of our country, so long as you don’t count Alaska and Hawaii.