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The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named ...
The creation of USDA's Crop Reporting Board in 1905 (now called the Agricultural Statistics Board) was another landmark in the development of a nationwide statistical service for agriculture. A USDA reorganization in 1961 led to the creation of the Statistical Reporting Service, known today as National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [1]
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
The State of Kansas had a $350 million budget shortfall in February 2017. [114] In February 2017, S&P downgraded Kansas's credit rating to AA−. [115] Nearly 90% of Kansas's land is devoted to agriculture. [73] The state's agricultural outputs are cattle, sheep, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, cotton, hogs, corn, and salt.
By looking into the agricultural past, Kansas farmers might see how they could reimagine the future of the state’s ag industry. Watermelons growing on the vine in a Kansas garden.
Kansas Farmer, an agricultural publication in Kansas, was established in 1863 in Topeka by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. [3] Kansas State University has a collection of its magazines. [4] On March 5, 1862, the Kansas Legislature created the Kansas State Agricultural Society, with Floyd Perry Baker temporarily presiding, by statute to ...
San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner Tim Pelican presented the 2021 Crop Report to the board of supervisors Tuesday, and said the gross value of agricultural production for 2021 was nearly ...
The gross value of Fresno County’s crop and livestock production reached almost $8.1 billion in 2022. In a record year for Fresno County agriculture, there’s a new crop in the top spot Skip to ...