Posted: 11:04 AM A large western Kansas dairy with a history of problems will have to close if it's unable to successfully appeal the revocation of a crucial permit.

Posted: 9:57 AM The annual Women Managing the Farm Conference will be held Feb. 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency.

Posted: 12:29 PM The Kansas Court of Appeals has upheld sales and use taxes for oilfield machinery and equipment.

Posted: 9:24 AM The nation's farmers seeded more winter wheat this season amid higher prices and easing drought conditions in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Posted: 9:20 AM Kansas State Fair officials are going high-tech to keep ringers out of the fair's livestock shows.

Posted: 5:16 PM The company hopes to achieve most of the cuts through early retirement incentives.

Posted: 4:45 PM An organizing team from around the state is planning the brainstorm for February 3 and 4 at the Meridian Center in Newton.

Posted: 2:05 PM The state has approved a wastewater permit that will allow Seaboard Farms to continue plans to build a hog farm in west central Kansas that would house as many as 144,000 hogs.

Posted: 11:58 AM The Food and Drug Administration says it will limit the presence of one type of antibiotics in meat, saying they could increase human resistance to the drugs.

Updated: 6:50 PM Because the feed cost is so high right now, farmers are selling cows at lower prices, which could lead to a milk shortage and higher prices.

Posted: 8:47 AM Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback continues to give truck drivers some relief from state regulations if they're hauling hay to livestock in drought-stricken areas.

Posted: 1:42 PM One of the nation's most widely planted crops -- a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide -- may be losing its ability to kill a major pest.

Posted: 10:05 AM The Department of Agriculture had planned to eliminate some reports to cut costs.

Updated: 10:29 AM A New York congressman wants to take the "For Sale" sign off the Plum Island animal disease lab.

Updated: 9:59 AM A sampling of Kansas lakes and streams is suggesting that 2012 will be a good year for anglers as the size and number of fish improve.

Posted: 11:19 AM New numbers on farmers won't be available until after the next agricultural census is done next year, but those in agriculture point to some good signs.

Posted: 8:28 AM Midwestern farmers may be socked with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums unless levees damaged by last summer's flooding are fixed.

Posted: 1:12 PM The agency says Cargill failed to develop normal operating procedures for starting ammonia refrigeration systems.

Posted: 8:57 PM The companies don't like a rule allowing farmers the right to opt out of mandatory arbitration clauses.

Posted: 2:31 PM That's about five percent of the company's local work force.

Posted: 2:05 PM House votes to block nonexistent farm dust rule The House has passed a bill to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from cracking down on the dust kicked up by farmers, even though the agency says it wasn't planning any rules like that.

Updated: 3:00 PM The issue may be dust in the wind, but Republicans are still moving to block it.

Posted: 10:04 AM The Kansas State University Crops Team has captured the title of national champion for the third year in a row.

Posted: 8:35 AM The summer flooding left many landowners with several inches of sediment and sand, as well as scour holes and ponds.

Posted: 12:07 PM The company employs nearly 4,000 Kansans.