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Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

National/International

Smart farmers ditch water guesswork for data-driven profits
11/7/2025 FarmProgress
Across Kansas, those data points are being transformed into insight. Within the Testing Ag Performance Solutions program, irrigation and nutrient decisions are made by producers, industry partners and researchers on replicated research plots at Kansas State University stations. The resulting data on yield, profitability and efficiency are shared anonymously, allowing other farmers to learn from them. It's applied science in real time grounded in producer experience. … As Daran Rudnick, K-State irrigation specialist and TAPS director, explains: "Everybody recognizes that water, whether it's given to us through rainfall or if we use irrigation, is the lifeblood of agriculture. TAPS brings in all the complexity of farming with an effort to optimize a limited resource: water."

Anthony Bourdain Changed His Mind About This Classic Dining Tip
11/8/2025 TastingTable
Bourdain's shifting opinion and acceptance of a restaurant that might have had a dirty bathroom was not without precedent, either. Douglas Powell, professor of food safety at Kansas State University, told Chow that "there's no proven correlation between having a dirty bathroom and unsafe food."

Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating US beef prices and calls for investigation
11/7/2025 The Independent
Meanwhile, demand for beef remains strong. Prices are high because consumers want to eat it, and they're willing and able to pay for it, said Glynn Tonsor, who leads the Meat Demand Monitor at Kansas State University. Tonsor said the ownership mix in the meat packing industry has not changed significantly in the past four years.

War damage, labor shortages slow Ukraine's ag shipments
11/7/2025 BrownfieldAgNews
Antonina Broyaka with Kansas State University says shipments through the Black Sea have dropped by 3 million metric tons annually since the conflict began. "The Ukrainian government of course put a lot of effort into protecting both the vessels and people. However, there is still some decline for Black Sea exports."

State/Regional

Bilbrey Family Event Center opens on K-State campus
11/7/2025 High Plains Journal
A showcase of events christened the new arena at the Bilbrey Family Event Center on Oct. 10 on the Kansas State University campus. An exhibition of example events—barrel racing, team roping, reining and jumping events, and livestock show classes—were showcased in the new arena during the ribbon cutting celebration in the new facility. K-State students, staff and faculty, along with donors, alumni and friends of the College of Agriculture, were able to see the features of the new center. Officials are calling the event center a hub for animal sciences, and they are "creating a destination for current and future students, Kansas stakeholders and the regional and national livestock industry."

Soybean, corn growers urged to scout for disease threats after harvest
11/7/2025 AgUpdate: Midwest Messenger
Farmers wrapping up harvest season are being urged to stay alert to crop diseases that could impact next year's yields, according to Rodrigo Onofre, row crop plant pathologist with Kansas State University Extension. For soybean producers, the primary concern remains the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) — a microscopic pest responsible for the greatest yield losses in U.S. soybeans. "The soybean cyst nematode is the number one yield-limiting pathogen of soybeans," Onofre said. "In Kansas, we're seeing high levels of SCN, especially in central Kansas."

Kansas Farmers Welcome News of China's Crop Commitments
11/7/2025 SuccessfulFarming
China also pledged to resume sorghum purchases, which Kansas State University grain economist Daniel O'Brien said on K-State's Grain Outlook program offers potential relief to Kansas farmers who are at least able to cover production costs with current prices. Kansas is the leading sorghum-producing state, planting 3 million acres of the grain crop, and produces a direct economic impact to the state of $686 million, according to K-State's extension office.

Local

K-State Salina to showcase community video portrait project, talk with project founder for Civic Lecture Series
11/8/2025 The Mercury
A year ago, Manhattan artist Nate McClendon visited Salina to gather footage from community members for a video portrait project. On Thursday, the Salina community can see the results and hear from the artist at the Kansas State University Salina Civic Lecture Series.