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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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Here’s A Sample Of The Common Readers Colleges Are Assigning This Year
07/01/25 Forbes
Kansas State University’s 2025 common read is "Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World" by Vivek H. Murthy, who served as the 19th and 21st U.S. Surgeon General. The book examines loneliness as a public health concern and offers suggestions for how people can form more social connections in their lives. "'Together' is a powerful choice for the K-State First Book because it sparks vital conversations about the importance of connection and community," said Brianne Heidbreder, director of K-State First and associate professor of political science. "It is a reminder that one of our greatest strengths lies in how we care for and show up for one another."

New wheat varieties may reduce the need for bread additive
06/30/25 AGDAILY
A new trio of Oklahoma State University wheat varieties might just be the food solution for consumers interested in fewer additives — the substances added to food products during processing to help improve color, texture, flavor, or, in the case of bread, dough quality. Flour from the OSU varieties Paradox, Breadbox and Firebox (dubbed the OX varieties) appears to provide an uncommonly high level of dough strength while maintaining varying levels of extensibility. Research on the Paradox wheat variety and its siblings continues through the combined efforts of OSU and Kansas State University.

Tar Spot confirmed in Kansas cornfields for 2025, K-State pathologist urges early scouting
07/01/25 Farmtalk News
Tar spot, a fungal disease that has steadily established itself in Kansas cornfields over the past few years, has been detected again in the state, with the first confirmed report of 2025 occurring June 11 in northeast Kansas. “I think we have learned a lot in the last (few) years in terms of distribution and management,” K-State Row Crop Pathologist Rodrigo Onofre said. “It is one of the corn diseases that we see survive in corn residue, so folks that have seen this spot before are going to be dealing with this disease for a long time.”