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TOPIC(S): Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

06/05/2024 SOURCE: www.kcur.org

Solar farming is taking land once used to grow food. Researchers are looking for ways to do both

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.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 2 years ago
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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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Beef Cattle, Ag Tech, Ranching,

08/30/2022 SOURCE: www.kcur.org

How satellite-guided cows might save the Kansas prairie and make ranchers more money

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.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Gardening, Pollinators,

07/19/2022 SOURCE: www.kcur.org

These Kansas City beekeepers are bringing hives of pollinators to urban gardens and rooftops

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.

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
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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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
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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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
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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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest, Research, Climate Change, Weather,

10/26/2021 SOURCE: www.kcur.org

A changing climate will cost Kansas farmers millions in future harvests

A new-found link between increasing heat and drought means climate change-related impacts to Kansas crops could be double what was expected.

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Team AgWiki
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
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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Randy Krotz
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
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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