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Friday, June 13, 2025

National/International

Eggshells could protect dry-cured pork against mites
6/12/25 Watt Ag Net
“In our tests, we were able to prevent mites from laying eggs on pieces of aged hams,” said Tom Phillips, an entomologist at Kansas State University.

State/Regional

Less than ideal conditions challenge wheat at finish line
6/13/25 High Plains Journal
Last fall John Holman, professor in agronomy at Kansas State University and the cropping systems and forage agronomist at the Southwest Research and Extension Center in Garden City, didn’t think there would be much of a wheat crop in 2025. “Considering how things looked from December to clear up till April, I didn’t think we were going to have anything there for a while,” he said. Cooler temperatures in May and timely rains in some parts of Kansas helped the wheat crop come out of its tough beginning and start to look much better.

Local

USD 383 hosts STEM workshop
6/12/25 Manhattan Mercury
The workshops are taught by licensed teachers with help from interns with the Core Teaching Skills summer course at K-State. Amanda Lickteig, professor of teaching and Core Teaching Skills co-instructor said, “This partnership has been funded by the DoDEA grant, which has provided a lot of opportunities for involvement with our Core Teaching students, for internships during the summer in a non-traditional sense, enabling students in the community to have different educational outlets.”