Agriculture

The monarch butterfly – the iconic black-and-orange butterfly known for its epic migrations – has seen significant population declines since the 1980s. But unfortunately,...

Producers can assess the status of their wheat crop going into the winter in a few different ways. One important way is looking at...

Field peas, cover crops and winter canola are among top choices MANHATTAN, Kan. -- With precipitous drops in the price of corn, wheat...

More than a foot of rain fell on the Ted Guetterman farm in Johnson County during a three-day stretch from Oct. 5-7. At roughly...

Total Exceeds $4.8 Billion Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to invest in rural America with...

Late summer and fall can be an excellent time to treat unwanted stands of woody plants. Scattered stands of individual trees should either be...

Keeping children safe while they live, play and work on farms can be challenging. It’s even more difficult during harvest season – a peak...

The general target date for planting wheat for optimum grain yields in Kansas is within a week of the best pest management planting date,...

Wheat seeding rate recommendations in Kansas are in pounds of seed per acre and vary according to precipitation zone. However, seed size can have...

Throughout most of the Sunflower State, fall crops wait for combines to begin harvest. Abundant rainfall during the last week of August and the...