April 2025

Grain Sorghum, Opinion, Sorghum, Sorghum Outlook

Field bindweed control in grain sorghum

Field bindweed thrives under drought conditions, and controlling it requires careful timing, persistence and a long-term management strategy. Read More

Tractor with disc harrows driving along rural road. (Adobe Stock │ #249348787 - bilanol)
Farm Safety, Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup

Share the road this harvest season

Cow Calf, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion, Water

A water dowser, a branch and the search for groundwater 

Summers Manufacturing is expanding its strip till line. (Courtesy photo.)

Summers unveils new strip till equipment lines

Group of international graduating students celebrating. (Adobe Stock │ #424444895 - shock)

Graduation parties will fill many calendars

At a meeting of the Cleveland County 4-H Blacksmithing Club, held at the Pioneer Village in Rison, club member Millie Montgomery, 15, explains how club volunteer Jeff Frey and his son Brayden Frey, 13, are heating a piece of low-carbon steel to be hammered into a tent stake. (Division of Agriculture photo.)

Striking while the iron’s hot: Arkansas 4-H club teaches blacksmithing skills to new generation

  • By Rebekah Hall │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Yellow or stripe rust, Puccinia striiformis var striiformis, a severe infection on a wheat crop. (iStock │ #1927104960 - Tomasz Klejdysz)

Low risk of stripe rust problems in Kansas

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
The TexasET app can help farmers optimize their irrigation timing. The app calculates crop-specific water recommendations based on a plant’s growth stage. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Mexico agrees to water transfer to help Texas farmers

Soybeans (K-State Research & Extension photo.)

Wheeler resigns as CEO of Missouri Soybeans 

Landlords and tenants need to have a realistic view of crop prices and input expenses based on a three- to- five-year projection on farm income. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

In current economic time landlords, tenants need to be realistic

Early registration can mean $75 savings for upcoming BIF