Ag economist: Farmers increasingly turning to non-traditional lenders

Some farmers are turning to non-traditional lenders to finance their business. (File photo) K-State’s Ifft says the trend is toward alternate ways of seeking funding MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas State University agricultural economist says that non-traditional lenders are becoming a bigger part of doing business in farm country. Jenny Ifft spoke recently at the Risk and Profit Conference, hosted by K-State Research and Extension and the K-State Department of Agricultural Economics. Her…

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K-State teams with state agencies to seek solutions to blue-green algae

K-State Research and Extension, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other state and local agencies are conducting a study focused on using barley straw to mitigate the effects of blue-green algae in farm ponds and lakes in northeast Kansas. | Download this photo. Study in northeast Kansas ponds shows promise HOLTON, Kan. -- In her day-to-day work as an extension agent in northeast Kansas, Jody Holthaus often gets calls from landowners looking for…

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