More often than we’d like to admit we sometimes shoot ourselves in the foot when talking about the challenges we face in farming and ranching. These conversations with our friends, neighbors... Read more
Soil testing can be done in either spring or fall on hay fields and pasture. Given a choice, fall would be the preferred time because it allows more time for any needed lime applications to... Read more
It looks like Chinch bugs continue to feed and develop all around north central Kansas. However, growing conditions have improved significantly and thus the plants are much better able to to... Read more
During times of drought, plants such as corn and grain sorghum tend to accumulate high levels of nitrate in the lower leaves and stalk. The accumulation is because the plant assimilation of... Read more
by Jordan Hildebrand, Program Assistant For audio file, please visit kansaswheat.org. This is day 10 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission... Read more
Face and horn flies got the upper hand one summer at Linda Simmons’ ranch near Twin Brooks, South Dakota. It happened despite two years of feeding insecticide in the cows’ mineral. The swarm... Read more
Secretary Acosta, Secretary Nielsen, Secretary Perdue, and Secretary Pompeo (Washington, D.C., May 24, 2018) — When President Trump addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation in January o... Read more
The House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 2, its draft of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, commonly known as the farm bill. Representatives voted 198 in favor and 213 agains... Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AgPR) — Members of the California Women for Agriculture (CWA) walked the halls of California’s state capitol last week as part of the organization’s annual statewide meet... Read more
Everyone is invited to attend and learn about the latest news on wheat varieties in our area. This year we will have two plot tours on one day, Friday June 1st. The first tour stop will star... Read more
