Posted: 8:22 AM A report said the crop's condition improved slightly over the past week.

Updated: 10:31 AM The facility is expected to use about 1,300 tons of crop residue and grass a day to make ethanol.

Posted: 9:49 AM Newly released figures show Kansas agricultural exports grew to a record high last year.

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.

Updated: 7:51 AM A new report says the winter wheat crop in Kansas continues to look better than last year's crop due to mild winter temperatures.

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.

Updated: 11:39 AM The United States and China have agreed to sign a five-year agreement that will guide discussions on food security, food safety and sustainable agriculture.

Posted: 1:18 PM A pilot program is getting under way to help returning veterans go into farming while also revitalizing rural communities.

Posted: 9:17 AM As lawmakers wade cautiously into writing the next five-year farm bill, farmers, agribusiness and their lobbyists are preparing for the worst.

Posted: 8:32 AM More than 9,300 tractors were sold nationwide last month, an increase of 3.5 percent from January of last year.

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.

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.

Posted: 3:58 PM The agency's report on wheat county estimates released Thursday shows Sumner County led the state in production with 10.5 million bushels.

Posted: 9:47 AM Beef prices at the supermarket likely will rise for the next two years because of the smallest cattle herd in 60 years.

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.

Posted: 8:21 AM A Kansas agency says TAM 111 has been seeded on 12.6 percent of the state's 2012 wheat acres.

Posted: 1:22 PM The Labor Department has agreed to modify a plan that's intended to keep children away from some of the most dangerous farm jobs.

Updated: 6:54 PM Farmers and ranchers are adopting social media as an important multi-use tool.

Posted: 11:15 AM The Food and Drug Administration says it has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of an illegal fungicide.

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.

Posted: 6:13 AM The wind industry's fourth-quarter report shows Kansas has 663 turbines under construction.

Posted: 9:36 AM Kansas farmers have claimed nearly $1 billion in insurance to offset crop losses caused by the lingering drought.

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.

Updated: 8:57 AM Officials say 2011 was unusual because almost every part of the country was hit by some type of disaster.

Updated: 9:23 AM Increased oil and gas exploration in western Kansas has led to a surge in people seeking oil and gas leases and doing land title searches in Ford County.