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Upcoming K-State agricultural events

Kansas Kansas State University Research and Extension is offering the following area and statewide agricultural conferences and field days to all interested persons. For more information about these, as well as more localized events, check with your local K-State Research and Extension office. [Read More]

Bradford Center celebrates 50th anniversary, opens new conference facility

Missouri University of Missouri's Bradford Research and Extension Center celebrated its 50th anniversary by dedicating a new technology transfer center to provide expanded space for specialized field days, workshops, clinics and meetings of civic organizations. "We were really limited before," said Tim Reinbott, center director. [Read More]

NAWG: USDA launches revitalized research agency

A statement from NAWG Chief Executive Officer Daren Coppock and National Wheat Improvement Committee Chairman Dr. Jim Peterson on the debut of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, launched Oct. 8 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.: "We were pleased to see the official launch of the new NIFA today in Washington. Like other members of the agricultural community, we are hopeful that its inception will spur important new ... [Read More]

Expert: Biomass gasification, biochar show commercial promise

Biomass gasification and the resulting production of "biochar" were among the topics addressed at the Texas Animal Manure Management Issues Conference Sept. 29 and 30 in Round Rock, north of Austin. The conference was attended by about 175 beef, poultry and dairy industry producers, researchers, engineers, regulators and others involved in environmental, regulatory and energy related aspects of manure management. During a ... [Read More]

Bill has money for Kansas bio lab, but with a catch

WASHINGTON (AP)--Congressional negotiators agreed Oct. 7 to allow the Homeland Security Department to spend federal money planning and designing a foot-and-mouth research lab in Kansas, but they want more study on its safety before allowing money to be used for its construction. A Homeland Security Department spending bill approved by a House and Senate conference committee includes $32 million for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility ... [Read More]

Kansas ag company reports a year of growth

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP)--An agriculture company near Hutchinson continues to grow as competitors struggle with the current economic climate. Krause Corp. has continued to produce new products including a new tillage piece that the company claims saves farmers more than 40 percent in fertilizer costs. Chief Operating Officer and President Dick Brown said Krause is having one of its best years and continues to see higher sales. [Read More]

Mexico requests WTO panel on U.S. labeling rules

MEXICO CITY (AP)--Mexico is asking the World Trade Organization to settle a dispute over U.S. country-of-origin labeling rules that Mexico says unfairly hurt its cattle industry. Mexico joins Canada, which already requested a dispute settlement panel on the issue. In a Oct. 9 statement, Mexico's Agriculture Department says previous rules allowed meat from Mexican-born cattle raised and slaughtered in the United States to qualify as being of U.S... [Read More]

K-State Master of Agribusiness offers tour of Australian, New Zealand agribusinesses

Kansas Kansas State University's Master of Agribusiness program is offering travel to the "land down under" to learn about the food and agriculture industry in the Oceania region. The trip will include stops in Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand and Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, Australia. [Read More]

Partnership promotes environmental education for middle school students

Iowa Agribusiness Association of Iowa donated $13,900 to Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for a summer environmental research program for middle school teachers. The program will provide middle school science teachers with a summer experience at Iowa State. [Read More]

Department of Commerce appoints five new members to Agritourism Advisory Council

Kansas The Kansas Department of Commerce has appointed five agritourism business owners/operators to the Agritourism Advisory Council, the group that works alongside Commerce to promote the state's agritourism industry. The new appointments are: [Read More]

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