The decision to sell cows from the herd is often influenced by a variety of factors, including her performance, the quality of her offspring, cattle prices and marketing opportunities. (Photo: Kansas State University Research and Extension)

This pail of irrigated corn from a north-central Kansas field, should produce a pleasing yield, but the price is so far disappointing. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)
A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)
OQBN Cattle being sold at t OKC West Stockyards in El Reno on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala/OSU Agriculture)
Nozzle of the tractor sprinklers sprayed. Soybean spraying. (Photo: iStock - fotokostic)
Alfalfa stand with approximately 12 inches of top growth prior to winter dormancy. The last cut in this stand was performed in early September, and this photo was taken in late October. This stand will be hayed immediately following the first killing frost. Photo by Romulo Lollato, K-State Research and Extension.