MANHATTAN, Kan. — One of the 35 largest private companies in the United States has agreed to lead the current Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership class through a fall 2010 Blue Chip Seminar.
 

TOPEKA, Kan. — This summer, the Kansas Agricultural Retailers Association and Kansas State University will partner to host an agronomic educational field day. The event is scheduled for July 14-15 at K-State’s agronomy field and facilities.
 

The Pratt County Fair Board, along with Extension Agriculture PDC, will conduct the countywide Market Wheat Show at the 2009 Pratt County Fair.
 

The Pratt County Farm Service Agency will begin accepting nominations on June 15 for candidates in the upcoming county committee election.
 

It’s June Dairy Month and time to recognize Kansas’s dairy farmers, the people behind nutritious and wholesome foods like milk, cheese and yogurt.
 

We are starting to see anthracnose on sycamore, maple and ash leaves. 
 

U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for funding on a continuous basis for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program.
 

GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Now that this year’s wheat crop has headed, Kansas State University entomologist Phil Sloderbeck wants producers who are getting their bins ready for wheat harvest to think about how to keep old adversaries — in other words, insects — out of the grain.
 

The time to begin scouting for bagworms has arrived.  Memorial Day has always been regarded as the time to begin looking for the bagworms in Kansas. Their hatch typically begins in mid to late May and continues through mid to late June. So, tiny larvae already are chowing down on deciduous plants, as well as evergreens.
 

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jack Salava, acting state executive director of USDA's Farm Service Agency has announced that FSA and Natural Resources Conservation Service are accepting applications for the 2009 Grasslands Reserve Program. FSA and NRCS jointly administer the GRP.
 

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jack Salava, State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Kansas, reminded farmers and ranchers that the 2008 Farm Bill created five new disaster programs, one of which is the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program.
 

Hunting leases are becoming more common.
 

The 2009 Extension Wheat Variety Plot Tour is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, on the David and Jesse Blasi Farm north of Pratt. The irrigated plot site is located 2 miles north of Pratt on Highway 281, 2.5 miles east on the blacktop, (north side of curve). 
 

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jack Salava, acting state executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Kansas has announced that approximately 118,416 general signup acres expiring on Sept. 30 will be eligible to offer for a three or five year extension under the Conservation Reserve Program.
 

The Kansas Soybean commission is seeking soybean farmers interested in being appointed  to two “at-large” commissioner positions.