Cuts force K-State to halt Feed the Future

K-State has announced it will suspend the operation of its two current Feed the Future Innovation Labs, effective April 12.

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March 14, 2025 - 1:42 PM

K-State’s Feed the Future Innovations Labs have helped spur agricultural innovation in Kansas and help feed a hungry world. Due to federal cuts, K-State is suspending its two Feed the Future Innovation Labs. Courtesy photo

MANHATTAN — After more than a decade of innovation labs that have helped feed the world and improve global food systems in partnership with the U.S. federal government, Kansas State University will suspend the operation of its two current Feed the Future Innovation Labs on April 12.

Due to the recent federal transition, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service issued stop-work orders in late January on various grant-funded projects, which included Feed the Future Innovation Labs and other…

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