Though water conservation has been an increasing priority for the Kansas agriculture sector, it has also been somewhat fragmented in its approach. The framework presented Tuesday at KState is a novel approach at bringing stakeholders from each part of the value chain into its efforts. “This is the first time we’ve really intentionally put the beef industry, the feedlot industry, in a room with their irrigator producers and their packers and their bankers to talk about improvements across the supply chain,” [Susan Metzger, of the KState Water Institute] said. Most agricultural producers are open to changing how they water to better [...]

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A Topeka Fire Department cistern built in 1878 was uncovered Tuesday by workers doing excavation for an underground water line project linked to the replacement of downtown Topeka’s Polk-Quincy Viaduct. ... Topeka Fire Marshal Alan Stahl said he found an online Topeka Daily Commonwealth article dated June 28, 1878, telling of how construction was progressing rapidly on that cistern, which was intended to have a capacity of “1,000 barrels.” Source: CJonline

Though water conservation has been an increasing priority for the Kansas agriculture sector, it has also been somewhat fragmented in its approach. The framework presented Tuesday at K-State is a novel approach at bringing stakeholders from each part of the value chain into its efforts. Source: CJonline

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year. ... Overall, 75 people statewide have been treated this year for the lung disease and two people have died. Officials say the disease requires consistent contact to spread. “There is a very low risk of infection to the general public in these communities,” KDHE communications director Jill Bronaugh told the Kansas News Service in an email. Source: CJonline