October 2022

K-State infrastructure plan gets $4-million boost from state Soybean Commission

MANHATTAN – Kansas State University’s plan to build and renovate agriculture infrastructure on its Manhattan campus continues to build momentum. University officials have announced that the Kansas Soybean Commission has pledged $4 million to support the K-State College of Agriculture’s Innovation Centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research.

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Impact of drought on a fall-calving herd

MANHATTAN — Dying trees,brown grass and cracked lawns are visible signs of a lack of rainfall. Along with the landscape disadvantages, a lack of rainfall is detrimental to establishing crops and growing pasture grass, which can lead to negative consequences for the beef cattle that graze those fields and pastures, said experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute.

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Waiting for rain

morning air has turned crisp, the temperatures have begun to drop, and the sun noticeably rises a little bit later every morning. It is definitely beginning to feel like fall on the farm.

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