The beauty of the Flint Hills, local food, agricultural advocacy, feeding 9 billion by 2050, and the past, present, and future of Kansas family farmers and ranchers are just a handful of topics that will be featured at Kansas Farmers Union’s 2014 convention December 4‐6, 2014 at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, 530 Richards Dr. [...]
Kansas Beginning Farmers Coalition invites beginning farmers and ranchers of all ages to the Kansas Beginning Farmer Day, Saturday, December 6 at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan, KS. The event is being held in conjunction with Kansas Farmers Union’s annual convention, December 4-5. More information on KFU’s convention can be found elsewhere in [...]
Dr. Brian Faris will lead the “Hands on Herd Health for Small Ruminants” workshop at the new state-of-the-art K-State Sheep and Meat Goat Center, 2117 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Saturday, November 22. The new facility, designed with animal care and handler safety in mind, contains design features and handling procedures [...]
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunities Meeting Scheduled for Nov 20th All beginning farmers and ranchers are invited to a Beginning Farmer & Rancher Opportunities meeting at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, KS, Thursday, November 20, from 4:00 to 9:00 PM, hosted by Kansas Farmers Union and the Kansas Beginning Farmers Coalition. The meeting’s [...]
Upcoming workshops address emergency preparedness for livestock operations By Tom Parker, special to the Kontact The phone jarred Ken Powell awake. Groggy and disoriented, he glanced at the clock while fumbling with the receiver: midway between midnight and one a.m. From past experiences as an environmental scientist for the Kansas Dept. of Health [...]
by Cody Holmes, featured presenter at KBFC Day 2014 One-thousand acres in southern Missouri, 300 beef cows, 400 sheep, 200 goats, a Jersey cow dairy, a goat dairy and cheese plant, 350 laying hens, 1,000 broilers, 120 hogs, a green house, a hoop house, five low tunnels and seven acres of produce make up [...]
The transfer of ownership, management and leadership from one generation to another is an important issue for farms, ranches and rural communities across Kansas. This winter, K-State Research & Extension and Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services will offer one-day succession conferences designed to educate and support families as they prepare for the future of the enterprise. [...]
Plans are coming together for a Kansas Family Farm Day during the upcoming 2015 Kansas Legislative Session in Topeka, hosted by KFU and Kansas Beginning Farmers Coalition. The event will feature a local foods legislative breakfast, family farm advocates rally, and visits with members of the Kansas Legislature. A date has not been set at [...]
On September 26, Donn and Mercedes participated in the Kansas Waters: Research and Communications–From Data to News symposium at the University of Kansas where KU and K-State faculty presented the latest finding on Kansas ag water use and water quality research. The afternoon sessions focused on communicating science and policy to institutions, legislators, the public [...]
