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Friday, Dec. 19, 2025

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K-State graduate researcher Rayhaan Kabenge is growing digital tools that empower farms
12/18/25 Rural Messenger
Long before he stepped onto a research field in western Kansas, Rayhaan Kabenge was building small systems in Kampala, Uganda, trying to understand how technology could make everyday work easier. That early curiosity, shaped by a family that valued precision, discipline and service, eventually led him halfway across the world to Kansas State University, where he is now helping design advanced digital tools for farmers as a graduate research assistant with the Testing Ag Performance Solutions team.

Farmland market softening not concerning for long-term economic outlook
12/18/25 Brownfield Ag News
An ag economics professor at Kansas State University says the concerns of today’s ag economy are different than the 1980s farm crisis. Megan Hughes says there have been a few changes. “We were seeing historically high interest rates and we’re not there. The other thing is there have been lots of changes in lending practices and lending regulations.”