Kansas State University researchers have discovered how weeds develop resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate.

Kansas State University has a new tool to help farmers assess when temperature inversions occur in their region — information that can be very useful in assessing the risk for dicamba drift. The EPA listed temperature inversion as a factor that contributes to the unintentional spread of dicamba into areas that weren’t targeted. Temperature inversion […]

Cleaning corn with common industry methods can reduce mycotoxins that may be present in the crop, but Kansas State University researchers are also cautioning that highly contaminated corn still may not be safe for animal feed or alternate uses even after cleaning. The term mycotoxins refers to toxic properties caused in plants by mold and […]

Humans aren’t the only ones touting relief from essential oils. Kansas State University researchers have found essential oils can play an essential role in livestock health. Essential oils are removed from plants and distilled into concentrated forms that distributors say support immunity and other functions of the body. In a recent study, professors Evan Titgemeyer […]

Kansas farmers are being asked to remove volunteer wheat from their fields by late August in an effort to reduce the carrier of wheat streak mosaic virus.

Kansas State University recently received a $957,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to utilize drones in their latest wheat breeding research. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones, are quickly becoming recognized as a valuable tool for mapping agricultural crops. Kansas State University has been developing uses of […]

A morning stroll might just be what a vet will order now for a herd in heat stress. A Kansas State University faculty and student team have built a circular exercise device with moving panels that gently keep dairy cattle on a walking routine, and the results so far have been pretty cool. “We are […]

Mountain lions are on the prowl, but according to a new study conducted in North Dakota and South Dakota however, livestock in the Great Plains may be relatively safe from the big cats. “There is a risk every time livestock and predators are together,” said Kansas State University animal scientist Charlie Lee in a recent […]

With the antibiotic-free movement and the veterinary feed directive, a newly patented vaccine by Kansas State University researchers could be good news. The researchers developed a solution that could provide effective, antibiotic-free prevention of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection. The bacterium afflicts sheep and cattle with liver abscesses, calf diphtheria, and foot rot or abscesses. “The Food […]

Kansas State University researchers may have just discovered a soybean variety that could save the industry millions of dollars each year. Harold N. Trick, professor of plant pathology; Timothy C. Todd, instructor of plant pathology; and Jiarui Li, research assistant professor in plant pathology, have designed and patented a soybean variety that protects from nematode […]