06/05/2024 SOURCE: www.kcur.org
Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity in the U.S., but some new solar installations are taking over productive farm ground. Scientists are trying to develop ways to get both calories and kilowatts from the same land, but that’s not as easy as it might seem.
Solar farming is taking land once used to grow food. Researchers are looking for ways to do both
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Topics: Agriculture US, Water,
Kansas officials criticized over plan to truck in 6,000 gallons of water from Missouri River
The project is meant to prove that large transfers of water could be a tool to help save the disappearing Ogallala Aquifer, which provides irrigation and drinking water to western Kansas. But other groundwater management officials say it’s a distraction from the far more urgent task of conservation.
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08/30/2022 SOURCE: www.kcur.org
Prairie wildlife needs a patchy landscape, in which different areas bear the marks of varying degrees of grazing. Scientists have a plan to achieve that.
How satellite-guided cows might save the Kansas prairie and make ranchers more money
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07/19/2022 SOURCE: www.kcur.org
Mo Hive KC has helped create nearly a dozen beehives in Kansas City community gardens and rooftops over the last two years. Now they've expanded their hives to Jefferson City in the hopes of educating the public about conservation and exposing youth to urban agriculture.
These Kansas City beekeepers are bringing hives of pollinators to urban gardens and rooftops
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Topics: Wheat, Commodities, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Ag Russia & CIS, World Hunger, World Population,
Western Kansas wheat crops are failing just when the world needs them most
Russia's war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics,
A giant investment firm paid a university to study one of its biggest assets — farmland
TIAA-CREF invests heavily in farmland, so it paid a university to research it.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Ag Podcast US, Economics, Beef Cattle, World Hunger,
Nebraska ranchers have a plan to contend with Big Beef and restore local economy
Ranchers in Nebraska are rebelling against the “Big Four” meat companies by planning their own beef processing plant. They’re seeking a transformation for themselves, the industry and western Nebraska.
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10/26/2021 SOURCE: www.kcur.org
A new-found link between increasing heat and drought means climate change-related impacts to Kansas crops could be double what was expected.
A changing climate will cost Kansas farmers millions in future harvests
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Topics: Agriculture US, Hobby Farming, Young Farmers, Sustainability,
Opinion: I tried to prove that small family farms are the future. I couldn’t do it
The myth of the noble, independent grower keeps this nation from acknowledging that farming is simply a profession—and small farmers pay the price.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage,
These Kansans See A Way To Fight Climate Change By Breeding Ecofriendly Crops
Perennial grains could lower the carbon footprint of farming, and help slow global warming.
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