News and Information
Cover Crop Field Day
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Kansas State University researchers have been evaluating cover crop management options in water-limited environments and will discuss their findings at a Cover Crop Field Day on Friday, May 13 at the K-State HB Ranch near Hays.
Kansas Wheat Day Field Day
Friday, April 15th, 2016
The Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center (Hays) will be hosting a Kansas Wheat Field Day on May 26th, 2016. The field day will begin with registration, coffee, and donuts at 8:30 AM. Learn more about the wheat variety tour and field day presentation topics.
Title: Biological Control of Insect Pests
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Kansas grew more than 199 million bushels of sorghum for grain in 2014, enough to make it the highest-producing sorghum state in the nation. The invasive sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari, swept across much of the southern Great Plains in 2013 and caused serious yield losses in grain sorghum. Researchers at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center–Hays are working to decode nature and build and protect global food systems by identifying the natural enemies of sugarcane aphid and their roles in suppressing populations of this pest.
Managing Honey Locust Trees
Monday, Jan 4th, 2016
Honey locust is a deciduous tree that produces large brown seed pods and thorny appendages, and is present throughout most of the US. Dense stands of honey locust limit grass production, and if damaged or cut, honey locust is capable of producing large quantities of new sprouts from buds around the base of the trunk and along the lengths of the root system. Because of the propensity to produce sprouts, mechanical control measures also require herbicides to effectively result in tree death. Several herbicides have been labeled for honey locust control through various application techniques, including basal bark, thin line basal bark, cut stump, frill or girdle, and foliar applications.
Southwest Research-Extension Center - Fall Field Day
Thursday, August 14th, 2015
Kansas State University’s Southwest Research-Extension Center will host Field Day on Thursday, Aug. 27. The day starts with registration, coffee and donuts from 8:00 to 9:15 a.m. and features field tours, seminars and agricultural product displays., download the field day brochure (PDF).
Northwest Research Extension Center - Horticulture Night
Thursday, August 14th, 2015
Join us on August 27th at 5:30 PM for Horticulture Night in Colby. The programs including; working trees, horticultural hot topics, and the Prairie Star annual flower trials. For additional information, download the field day brochure (PDF).
Agricultural Research Center - Horticulture Night
Thursday, August 14th, 2015
Join us on August 25th, at 6 PM for Horticulture Night. Including outdoor presentations on low-water use turf and Prairie Star flower trials. For additional information, download the field day brochure (PDF).
Agricultural Research Center to host Fall Crop Seminar
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
The KSU Agricultural Research Center - Hays will host a fall crop seminar, Wednesday august 26th. Registration is at 8:30 with the program from 9 to noon. There are six presentations including: controlling glyphosate-resistant kocia and palmer amaranth, managing cover crops, the potential threat of sugarcane aphids; and managing iron deficiency chlorosis in grain sorghum. To learn more download the seminar brochure (PDF).
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers recognizes Freddie Lamm
Friday, August 07, 2015
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named twelve individuals as ASABE Fellows. They were inducted at a ceremony on July 27 at the 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, held in New Orleans. One of the twelve named to the class of 2015 ASABE Fellows were: Freddie Lamm, K-State Irrigation Engineer.
Beef Magazine - Optimum Preconditioning Lengths Vary
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Forget for a moment the returns relative to cost, and consider that, in the right conditions with the right cattle, preconditioning periods as short as 15 days can yield similar benefits to buyers as those preconditioned 45 or 60 days. That's according to research conducted by John Jaeger at Kansas State University (KSU) and included in a summary of preconditioning research last year.
Spring Field Day Planned June 5 in Garden City
Monday, May 11, 2015
The focus is on wheat and triticale at the Spring Field Day planned for Friday, June 5 at the K-State Southwest Research-Extension Center in Garden City. The educational event begins with registration and introductions at 4:30 p.m. K-State Research and Extension specialists will provide the latest information on wheat varieties, plus managing diseases and insects that pose a challenge to wheat production.
Spring Wheat Day - ‘All About That Wheat’ is Theme for Spring Field Day in Colby"
Thursday, May 07, 2015
With the theme, “All About That Wheat,” the K-State Northwest Research-Extension Center will host its 2015 Spring Field Day on Thursday, June 4, with a complimentary lunch to follow. Registration, coffee and donuts plus introductions start at 8:30 a.m. Field tours and presentations begin at 9 a.m.
Roundup
Friday, March 20, 2015
Please join us for the 101st Roundup at the K-State Agricultural Research Center in Hays on April 16th, 2015. This year’s program will highlight the results of 7 different research projects that were conducted at the KSU Agricultural Research Center – Hays. The research reports include topics ranging from controlling honey locust trees, to winter supplementation, early weaning and weaning strategies and confined / limit feeding of cows.
New Sorghum Breeding Parent Lines
Monday, March 02, 2015
The Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station released nine (KS133A/B to KS141A/B) grain sorghum seed parent lines in 2014 from the Agricultural Research Center, Hays, Kansas. Learn more about the new sorghum seed parents...
