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K-State expands regenerative agriculture impact

K-State research partnerships with King Arthur Baking and 1% for the Planet are helping advance regenerative agriculture research and practices.

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Agriculturist and global food security leader Cary Fowler to guest lecture at K-State

Cary Fowler, renowned food security expert and father of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, will deliver K-State's President's Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 15.

Testing the way we've always done it

Testing Ag Performance Solutions program is helping producers rethink irrigation, measure results and apply lessons about water conservation back on the farm.

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K-State, NASA highlight satellite technology for Kansas farms at Flickner Innovation Farm

K-State partners with Flickner Innovation Farm to test NASA satellite data under real-world farm conditions. NASA's Space for Ag tour recently brought researchers,...

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Conservation through global collaboration

Recent agronomy doctoral graduate Alexis Correira will travel to Honduras in 2027 to attend Zamorano University, where she will study the country's largest...

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New K-State research complex to drive innovation for the future of agriculture

K-State is expanding its capacity to develop crops, technologies and management strategies to support producers from Kansas to the world with the opening of...

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Cooking up great research

What do you get when you put an entomologist, journalist, engineer, statistician and graphic artist around the same table? At K-State, you get a recipe for...

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K-State field days connect deep roots of western Kansas research to modern solutions for producers

Upcoming field days in Garden City, Hays and Tribune will bring local community members, producers and agricultural industry partners together with K-State...

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Spinning sustainable food packaging

Elif Peker, a spring 2026 master's graduate in food sciences, is developing methods that can electrospin sorghum byproducts into useful, biodegradable packaging...

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K-State conducts regenerative agriculture research alongside Kansas farmers

As K-State works to advance agriculture, it leverages a network of Kansas farmers, known as the Kansas Soil Health Network, to conduct soil research at seven...

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