Cattle with liver abscesses can experience health problems and reduced growth and feed efficiency, but they don’t always show clinical signs.
For a new multi-regional research effort, five organizations put their heads together to achieve the full genetic yield potential of the soybean. A new partnership, the first of its kind in more than 40 years, aims to increase soybean flower and pod retention. This unrealized value could bring $50 per acre or $400 million in economic return for U.S. soybean farmers.
Researchers are looking closely at the dynamics of marketing beef directly to consumers in the hope to capitalize on the interest in locally produced foods.
Researchers have completed a study that looks at the potential value of carbon credits and the extra income that it could mean for farmers.
During the summer, two groups in the herd — first calf heifers and young calves — need special attention, according to experts at Kansas State University.
Kansas State University researcher looks at how the current outbreak of African swine fever in China could be spreading through feed and feed ingredients.
Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, have finally nailed down a detailed description of the complete genome of bread wheat, the world’s most widely-cultivated crop. This work will pave the way for the production of varieties better adapted to climate challenges, with higher yields, enhanced nutritional quality, and […]
A new hard white wheat variety set to be released should not only benefit millers and bakers for its excellent baking quality, but also farmers for its disease resistance. Daryl Strouts, Kansas Wheat Alliance President says the variety is resistant to many wheat diseases common in the state and should provide an improved tolerance to […]
A collaboration between Kansas State University and DuPont Pioneer Agronomy analyzing 30 years of corn plant population responses shows that as agronomic optimum plant density increased, the range for maximizing yields also widened. DuPont Pioneer has collected data on corn plant population responses and yield gains to provide better information on hybrids. From 1987 to […]
Kansas State University researchers say they are making steady progress on a study that will help define how water intake relates to a cow’s ability to adapt to drought or heat stress. Megan Rolf, an assistant professor of animal breeding and genetics, says the cattle industry has sparse information on how much water individual cattle […]