Report: Condition Of Kansas Crops Worsens
Posted: 4:35 PM About 70 percent of the corn and soybeans were rated in poor to very poor condition.
Posted: 4:35 PM About 70 percent of the corn and soybeans were rated in poor to very poor condition.
Posted: 4:02 PM A new crop condition report shows cooler weather and spotty rainfall in the middle of the country has slowed the deterioration of the nation's corn and soybean crop.
Posted: 12:37 PM The Agriculture Department will buy up to $170 million of pork, lamb, chicken and catfish to help drought-stricken farmers and ranchers.
Posted: 2:17 PM A new government forecast says alfalfa hay production is up 15 percent in Kansas after a huge spike in harvested acres.
Posted: 2:15 PM The 2012 winter wheat crop sitting in elevators across Kansas remains the single bright spot in a dismal forecast for the state's fall-harvested crops.
Posted: 2:14 PM Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service is forecasting the smallest corn crop in Kansas since 2006 amid a deepening drought.
Posted: 9:25 AM The latest U.S. drought map shows that excessively parched conditions continue to worsen in the Plains states that are key producers of corn and soybean crops.
Posted: 5:11 PM Isi Siddiqui planned several stops in Kansas on Thursday to discuss efforts to bring down trade barriers and increase U.S. farm exports.
Posted: 2:50 PM While some fear the worst drought in 25 years will send grocery prices soaring, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is more optimistic.
Posted: 4:04 PM President Barack Obama is directing the Agriculture Department to authorize an additional $30 million to help crop and livestock producers in drought-stricken areas of the U.S.
Updated: 2:21 PM More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought.
Posted: 10:40 AM The ongoing drought -- combined with the global economic turmoil -- is hurting business in nine Midwest and Plains states and increasing worries about the possibility of another recession.
Posted: 4:37 PM A new government report contains grim numbers on the status of major crops across Kansas.
Updated: 7:18 PM Crops meant to be harvested this fall are instead being cut for cattle feed.
Posted: 12:38 PM The federal government is projecting the record drought gripping half the U.S. will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year.
Posted: 8:51 AM Sen. Jerry Moran plans to tour northeast Kansas next month to highlight water use and conservation.
Posted: 8:38 AM Cattle are streaming into auctions across the country as ranchers sell animals amid a spreading drought that has shriveled pastures and driven up the price of feed corn.
Updated: 6:38 PM Experts say extreme weather's effect on agriculture will likely push up food costs starting later this year.
Posted: 10:51 AM Gov. Sam Brownback is resuming his tour of Kansas counties to see the impact of the intense drought on agriculture and communities.
Posted: 5:30 PM The governor's office said Friday he's asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 37 more counties disasters, making farmers there eligible for USDA disaster assistance programs.
Posted: 4:44 PM A new report shows the U.S. with the fewest cattle in at least four decades as a widespread drought forces ranchers to sell off animals
Posted: 4:20 PM The National Agricultural Statistics Service says the number of cattle and calves in the United States is lowest since the agency began documenting July cattle numbers in 1973.
Posted: 10:55 AM Gov. Sam Brownback is touring southeast Kansas to see the effects of intense summer heat and drought.
Posted: 9:17 AM Sumner County Sheriff Darren Chambers seized 19 head of cattle from a property near Oxford two weeks ago. The owner of the animals claims things were fine.
