K-State in the news today
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Friday, June 28, 2024
National/International
A biodefense project rises on the plains
06/27/24 Axios Science
Various K-State researchers and initiatives were featured in Axios Science's weekly newsletter, which covered biosecurity, biodefense and biomanufacturing efforts in the Manhattan area.
How Bad Weather Forecasts Can Make Your Groceries More Expensive
06/28/24 Green Queen
“If you have a very severe drought in the Corn Belt … that’s going to be the biggest deal, because that’s gonna raise the cost of production for cattle, hogs, poultry,” said Jennifer Ifft, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University. “So that would probably have the largest inflationary impacts.”
There is some biology to keep in mind if you want to use herbicide in the summer months
06/27/24 RFD-TV
A weed specialist at Kansas State University, Sarah Lancaster says that applying in the early morning allows plants to recover from heat stress before application. That allows herbicides to reach active sites, killing weeds effectively.
State/Regional
Kansas forced Colorado to stop irrigating 25,000 acres of farmland. Was it too soon to put them in the same room?
06/27/24 The Colorado Sun
Christopher Redmond, assistant meteorologist at Kansas State University’s Weather Data Library, said current weather models show another La Niña is brewing, meaning Colorado and Kansas farmers can expect longer dry periods with heavier but less-penetrating rainfall, “which puts higher demands on the Ogallala Aquifer.”
Solar storms a potentially costly risk for GPS agriculture
06/26/24 KMIT
The solar storms that knocked out GPS networks in early May — prime planting time in the Midwest — cost farmers a “nontrivial” amount of revenue that depends on how long their equipment was sidetracked, said Terry Griffin, a Kansas State University professor.
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