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Warm Winter May Bring Pest-Filled Spring

Posted: 7:56 AM Cold and snow usually kills off many insects, acting as what one agriculture specialist calls a "reset button" that gives farmer a fresh start.

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Texas Agency Likely To Cut Water To Rice Farms

Posted: 9:13 AM With Texas in one of the worst droughts in its history, water officials are widely expected to announce March 1 that they won't release irrigation water for thousands of farmers in the state's rice-growing region.

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White House Cuts NBAF Funding

Updated: 3:26 PM The budget released Monday raises questions about the future of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility under construction in Manhattan near Kansas State University.

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Water Conservation Funds Available For Kansas Farmers

Posted: 8:37 AM The Garden City Telegram reports that the deadline for applying for the funding from the Ogallala Aquifer Initiative for fiscal year 2012 is February 24th. The funding is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Brownback Sees Annual Threat To NBAF Funding

Posted: 12:26 PM Gov. Sam Brownback is warning Kansas legislators that the state and its congressional delegation face a continuous fight to obtain federal funding for a new lab that would research plant and animal pathogens.

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Agency Holding NBAF Hearing In Kansas

Posted: 6:19 AM The hearing is scheduled in Manhattan this morning, where the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is building the $650 million lab near Kansas State University.

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Top Meat Antitrust Regulator Quits

Posted: 11:16 AM J. Dudley Butler will end his tenure next week as head of the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.

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