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Ag News, Water

Center pivot irrigation insurance premiums rising 

Weather pattern changes can mean more violent storm and that can impact farmers who depend on center pivot irrigation, David Murray writes. Read More

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Crops

Corn exports up and China buys tariffed soybeans

Ag News, Crops, economy, Editors, General, Kylene Scott, Livestock, Markets

Look at the bigger picture for livestock, economy 

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(Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

NSP seeks candidates for board of director positions

An Oklahoma wheat field. (Photo by Andrea Hanson.)

Wheat growers and researchers anchored U event

Livestock News

Yellow chicks in a basket. (Adobe Stock │ #348909774 - chayakorn)

Cooperative Extension Service offering series of poultry safety online seminars

Cattle in a pen at Hy-Plains Feedyard LLC, Montezuma. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

Regional Roundup

New Mexico State University

NMSU names 7 outstanding graduates

A flight of 4 craft beers lined up on the bar. (Photo: iStock - blizzard_77)

Craft brewery board to award innovative grants

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Opinions and Originals

Fake meat and the free market By Gene Copenhaver
Easter is a time to reflect on life By Jerry Nine
Trent on the Loos and Across the Pond Video: April 18, 2025 By Trent Loos
Sara Wyant
By the numbers: Federal debt drama ahead By Sara Wyant
Much to contemplate By Dave Bergmeier
Tariffs winding their ways into markets By Jerry Nine

Staff News Articles and Blogs

Lacey Vilhauer
Kylene Scott
Dave Bergmeier
David Murray

Home & Family

Flower carpet of three colors of petunias - red, blue, white. (iStock │ #1412834885 - my own photos)

Red, white and blue for the green thumb

Red rose bushes close up. (Adobe Stock │ #322711510 - phpetrunina14)

Managing spring flowers and weeds

American style barbeque dinner. (Adobe Stock │ #354118129 - Regina Foster)

Planning a picnic? Food safety should be part of the party

Rooster and chickens on a free range poultry farm. (Adobe Stock │ #298687461 - monticellllo)

The gentle rooster: strategies for managing and reducing aggression

Tool and Tech

Tractor with GPS system for planting. (Adobe Stock │ #286549436 - A)

Could last year’s Gannon space storm and GNSS outage impact farmers again?

Mustard weeds can be a variety of colors. Some are mustard yellow while others are white or purple flowering plants. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

Nufarm: Two herbicides get EPA approval

CERES TAG (Courtesy photo.)

CERES TAG-Jeffers collaborate on ear tag devices

Aerial still image of grain silos in the village of Brule, Nebraska, taken by a drone at sunset. (Photo: iStock - halbergman)

Beck’s acquires Gro Alliance seed production facilities