Sorin Popescu, Ph.D., holds a UAV in his lab. Popescu is a leading expert in remote sensing and within the ecoinformatics field. He believes the future of natural resource conservation and land management will be guided by data and computer modeling. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Ecoinformatics researcher advances conservation science

K-State researchers plan on studying the effects of anti-nutritional factors on soybean meal quality in the future, says K-State assistant research professor in swine nutrition Katelyn Gaffield. (K-State Research and Extension)

K-State swine team eyes ground breaking soybean meal research

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Photo of an adult female Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, on a blade of grass. (Photo courtesy James Gathany via the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Producers needed for Asian longhorned tick study

A combine motors through a wheat field a few years back southwest of Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

Study calls for new approach to estimate crop yield potential, gaps

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
The Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera is one of the most devastating corn rootworm species. (Adobe Stock │ #458018663 - Tomasz)

Pest forecasts heating up after a relatively cold winter

A new white paper, released by Angus Genetics Inc. on Jan. 28 with support from the Angus Foundation, discusses the future of phenotyping and expansion of data collection into the commercial sector. (Courtesy photo.)

AGI white paper looks at future of phenotyping, commercial data

Sushant Mehan, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Water Resource Engineer Specialist, conducts water quality sampling at Skunk Creek near Sioux Falls. (Photo courtesy of Sushant Mehan)

SDSU Extension hopes to empower South Dakotans through water use survey

Kansas State University agriculture economist Elizabeth Yeager says double-cropped soybeans increase profits, and cropping systems agronomist Kraig Roozeboom says they positively influence soil characteristics, though not to the same degree as some cover crops. (Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Intensify sorghum systems with double-cropped soybeans

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service