http://www.kansasagconnection.com Your Daily Source for Kansas Ag & Farm News, Markets, Weather, Auctions and Real Estate 180 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=712 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=712 A monthlong diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods may sound like a fantasy, but for one Kansas State University professor it's serious business. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 6:45:34 CST http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=713 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=713 Wheat farmers have a new crop insurance product available this fall for the 2011 crop year. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 6:45:34 CST http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=714 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=714 Studies at Kansas State University and elsewhere have found that when soils are overly wet, they absorb and retain heat, which can damage even the strongest cool-season grass roots Megan Kennelly, plant pathologist with K-State Research and Extension, rediscovered that fact for herself in samples that arrived at K-State's Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab in late July for testing: "It was like that movie 'Groundhog Day. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 6:45:34 CST http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=709 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=709 Understanding the wheat milling process was the focus for eight Nigerians and one South African who attended the Advanced Flour Milling course sponsored by the U. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 6:45:34 CST http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=710 http://www.kansasagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=710 In a news release issued last week by U. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 6:45:34 CST