Kansas Agriculture

This website helps you find the most essential information about your local farmers market, including hours, locations, upcoming events and recent news.

Historical Publications of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

Kansas Wheat is the cooperative agreement between the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, joining together as "leaders in the adoption of profitable innovations for wheat."

To promote the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education and advocacy that advance an economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially just food and farming system.

The Mission of the Kansas Farm Bureau is to serve Farm Bureau members in Kansas through programs, products and services which enhance the business and profession of farming, increase members’ net income, provide superior value in the marketplace and improve the quality of life in Kansas.

The Kansas FFA Association was chartered by the National FFA Organization in 1928. The Association has a current membership of 7,656 members in166 chapters. 

The Agriculture Network Information Collaborative (AgNIC) is a voluntary alliance of members based on the concept of “centers of excellence”. The member institutions are dedicated to enhancing collective information and services among the members and their partners for all those seeking agricultural information over the Internet.

From the Land of Kansas (TM) has the mission to make Kansas products more easily identifiable to consumers, while also offering promotional services and business development opportunities to the program’s member companies.

The College of Agriculture is located at K-State, its mission is to develop human capital at the undergraduate and graduate levels to support agriculture, agriculturally related industries, natural resources management, education and research. 

Kansas's leading industry is Agriculture, Find out more about this industry on this page at the Kansas Department of Agriculture Website.

The USDA website provides a history of Kansas Wheat.  This is a PDF file.

This is a Bibliographical  listing of general books on agriculture in Kansas. All of these books are available to researchers in the Research Room of the Kansas Historical Society.

This is Chapter VII of the book, Emigrant Life in Kansas by Percy G. Ebbutt, read about the great grasshopper plague of the mid 1870's.  This plague was just a part of the trials and tribulations that Kansas farmers faced in the late 19th century.  This is found on the Kancoll website.

Read about the history of Agriculture in the United States in this article on Wikipedia.

This teacher and kid friendly web site provides educators and students with information, lesson plans, activities, and state contacts to increase agricultural literacy.