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High-stakes engineering in a kiddie pool

Mixing high-stakes engineering with an Indy 500-themed backyard kiddie pool, a team of K-State students is hoping to return as champions again from...

A contraption of PVC pipes, a miniature garden, a mini stone castle and other items stand on pipes in a plastic kiddie pool in an outdoor courtyard.

Spinning sustainable food packaging

Elif Peker, a spring 2026 master's graduate in food sciences, is developing methods that can electrospin sorghum byproducts into useful, biodegradable...

A female graduate student in a labcoat and safety glasses works with jars of liquid behind a research hood.

K-State conducts regenerative agriculture research alongside Kansas farmers

As K-State works to advance agriculture, it leverages a network of Kansas farmers, known as the Kansas Soil Health Network, to conduct soil research...

A tractor is pulling equipment on a green field with a few purple flowers

K-State graduate student explores cattle grazing as invasive grass management tool

Tasha Macholan is studying whether one routine management decision — where producers place cattle supplement — could improve calf performance...

Two people crouch over a metal grate in a field with cows standing behind them.

Expanding access to agricultural education

K-State is addressing challenges facing the state's agriculture sector head-on. Through a flexible new diversified agriculture program and a new K-State...

Turning agricultural innovation into businesses

Kansas State University researchers who want to turn ag innovation into validated businesses can now apply for the new Ag45 cohort of the National...

K-State steps up corn leafhopper monitoring after detections in Oklahoma

K-State and Kansas Corn have expanded a statewide monitoring network and free testing program to help farmers track corn leafhoppers and corn stunt...

Green corn plants are shown against a blue sky.

Building a better school breakfast

A classroom project with real-world impact is helping connect Kansas agriculture to school cafeterias. Students in K‑State's Department of Grain...

Students measure ingredients for a sorghum muffin recipe in a baking lab.

Study: Post-wheat cover crops offer grazing potential

Could wheat stubble do more than sit idle? A new multistate study involving K‑State researchers highlights how cover crops planted after wheat harvest...

A green combine harvests wheat in a golden field under a blue sky.

Songs of the Konza

Through research on birdsong and natural soundscapes at Konza Prairie Biological Station, doctoral student Katharina Bremser is investigating how...

A doctoral student in a brown T-shirt, red backpack and purple hat poses for a portrait on a trail in a wooded prairie.