K-State in the news today
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
National/International
‘Poorly timed extremes’ to blame for deteriorating winter wheat in one top growing state
05/14/24 Successful Farming
Christopher Redmond, assistant meteorologist at Kansas State University, says that extremes in the weather that have been timed poorly “are the primary driver for the higher percentage of poor ratings in the current Kansas wheat crop.”
State/Regional
Periodical cicadas are emerging across the United States but not affecting Kansas
05/14/24 WIBW
“These are insects that spend 13 or 17 years as nymphs in the soil feeding primarily on plant roots and then they come out and they, as nymphs, latch on to structures and then the adults emerge and the adults fly around, they live about 2 weeks, and the males and females mate and then the female will lay eggs on a pencil-sized branch so after that they will die, the nymphs will emerge from those eggs fall to the soil and they’ll reside the soil for another 13 or 17 years depending on what cycle it is,” said Raymond Cloyd, an entomology professor at K-State
Local
*K-State lab awarded $6 million grant from USAID
05/14/24 1350 KMAN
A $6 million grant has been bestowed on the Kansas State University Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL).
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