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Clearer Information to Shoppers Would Be Given by Changes to Food Labels

May 26, 2014

Proposed changes to food labels for all manner of information pertaining to fat, calories and carbs will give better, clearer information to shoppers, according to a Kansas State University human nutrition specialist. K-State Research ...

Tags: Food Labels, calcium

EPA's Second Annual Campus Rainworks Challenge Competition

Apr 22, 2014

EPA today announced that Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., was awarded first place in the site design category in EPA's second annual Campus RainWorks Challenge competition. The university team was comprised of eight students from ...

Tags: EPA, Certification

Presentations on Research Projects Included Were Featured at K-State's Cattlem's Day

Mar 14, 2014

A competitive edge when managing a beef cattle herd is always important, but never more so than this year with a historically small number of cattle on U.S. farms and ranches and accompanying lofty beef and cattle prices. Producers ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beef, Cattle

Prairie Star Program Was Developed to Identify Annual Flowers

Feb 26, 2014

Angelonia made the cut. So did several cultivars of celosia, gaillardia, impatiens, lantana and petunias. Those flowers and more are on the new Kansas State University list of Prairie Star Annual Flowers. The Prairie Star program was ...

Tags: Flowers, Prairie Climate

Staying Power of Retail Beef Demand in The U.S., Despite Record-High Retail Prices

Feb 14, 2014

It remains a remarkable story: the staying power of retail beef demand in the U.S., despite record-high retail prices. And it's depicted in the latest beef demand index calculations from a K-State livestock economist. Dr. Glynn Tonsor ...

Tags: Beef, Agriculture, Food

Kansas State University Will Offer Combustible Grain Dust Prevention

Jan 24, 2014

Kansas State University will offer a combustible grain dust prevention workshop teaching advanced mitigation methods on Feb. 26 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in Omaha, Neb. following the 2014 GEAPS (Grain Elevator and Processing Society) Exchange. ...

Tags: agriculture, grain dust hazards

In Some Areas, Tillage Is a Seen as a Necessity

Jan 23, 2014

Soil conditions that are typically seen as negative during the crop season could help keep things in better shape this winter, especially when high winds make soils susceptible to erosion, which is most common during this time of year, 2 ...

Tags: K-State, John Takarko, erodibility, Presley

K-State Animal Sciences Leadership Academy Is Planned on Manhattan Campus

Jan 22, 2014

The K-State Animal Sciences Leadership Academy is planned for June 11-14 on Kansas State University’s Manhattan campus. The sixth annual academy will spotlight 20 high school students from across the state who wish to learn more ...

Tags: livestock, campus housing, Meat, participant

Increasing in Feed and Ethanol Usage Had Effect of Lowering Projected Carryout Stocks

Jan 15, 2014

U.S. farmers produced a record-high 13.9 billion bushels of corn last year, but demand from livestock and ethanol producers is helping support corn prices and may provide modest selling opportunities for producers in the coming months, ...

Tags: corn production, corn crop, ethanol usage, feed

K-State Feedlot Specialist Coupled with Use of Beta-Agonists Affects Cattle Feed Intake

Jan 14, 2014

In this part 2 of a two-part series, a K-State feedlot specialist provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially affects cattle feed intake. Growing cattle that are ...

Tags: Beta-Agonists, Environment and Cattle Feed Intake

Specialist Provides Look with Tuse of Beta-Agonists Potentially Affects Cattle Feed Intake

Jan 10, 2014

In this part 2 of a two-part series, a K-State feedlot specialist provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially affects cattle feed intake. Growing cattle that are ...

Tags: Beta-Agonists, The Environment, Cattle Feed Intake

K-State Veterinarian Provides a Look Into How Environmental Factors

Jan 9, 2014

In this part 1 of a two-part series, a K-State veterinarian provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially plays a role in cattle fatigue. In agricultural ...

Tags: Beta-Agonists, Cattle Fatigue, Environment, Agriculture

Dan O'Brien Has Been Crunching Numbers to See What They Portend for Grain Prices in 2014

Jan 3, 2014

The USDA released its monthly Crop Production and WASDE reports earlier this month and Kansas State University Extension Agricultural Economist Dan O’Brien has been crunching the numbers to see what they portend for grain prices in ...

Tags: Grain Prices, Record Levels

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