Chris Proctor, weed management Extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discussed Using cover crops as an IPM tool for managing hard-to-control weeds in no-till cropping systems at Soil Health U, Jan. 18 in Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Weeds, cover crops: Tools for control 

Noble Grazing Essentials course attendees listen during an in-class lesson on Noble's campus in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Courtesy photo.)

Noble Business Essentials designed to help ranchers

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Active weather pattern starting to pop up

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Area hay prices March 16 2024

Hay Bales (Photo: Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

State-By-State Hay Summary

Rain in late May and early June delayed alfalfa harvest for many producers in southwest Kansas. The first cutting like pictured in this field will likely go for grinding hay due to the excess moisture. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Kansas alfalfa demand moderate, but still light for grass hay

Black smoke and flames engulfed more than a million acres of grassland across the Texas Panhandle, but with the help of rain and enough recovery time, the grass can come back stronger. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Bringing back native grasslands after wildfire

Kevin Melvin of MorningStar Farms, left, was a member of the Industry Panel, along with Charlie Bezona, center, co-owner and trader, Reinert Hay and Commodities, Hereford, Texas; Katelyn McCullock, director, Livestock Marketing Information Center and Adam Robertson, right, sales and production manager, Bestifor Farms, Belleville, Kansas at Alfalfa U in Dodge City, Kansas, Feb. 27. John Holman, agronomy professor at Kansas State University, moderated the panel. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Industry panel gives insight on important issues at Alfalfa U