K-State in the news today
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
National/International
Billions of federal aid for farmers is due this month. Some are counting on it
3/12/25 Harvest Public Radio/NPR
Jennifer Ifft is a professor and extension specialist at Kansas State University. She emphasized the tough decisions farmers have to make as businesspeople and said it’s difficult to base long term plans on one-off relief payments like these.
“It's a new program,” Ifft said. “And so if you knew exactly how it was going to work and when it was going to come, then you could use it during your discussions to lenders… You could account for it in your production decisions, your investment decisions. With ad hoc payments, there is an unknown factor by the very nature.”
Puzzling observation by JWST: Galaxies in the deep universe rotate in the same direction
3/12/25 Phys.org
In just over three years since its launch, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has generated significant and unprecedented insights into the far reaches of space, and a new study by a Kansas State University researcher provides one of the simplest and most puzzling observations of the deep universe yet.
State/Regional
Teachers of the Year recognized at Salina Public Schools board meeting
3/12/25 KSAL
Mandy Ediger earned her bachelor’s and a teaching certificate from Bethel College. She achieved two master’s, one in curriculum and instruction (from Kansas State University) and the other in special education (from Emporia State University).
