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Rollins announces expedited disaster aid

At the end of March, students of Mary Foltz, assistant professor in the OSU School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, placed chambers in Oklahoma State University wheat fields to measure carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Environmental solutions through cover cropping

Panhandle Research Extension and Education Director John Westra, left, and Bijesh Maharjan, Nebraska Extension Specialist, with his award at the annual Gamma Sigma Delta banquet. (Eric Buck)

Nebraska Extension researcher recognized

Noble Grazing Essentials workshop attendees participate in activities, observations and instructional lectures as part of the course a year ago at Noble Research Institute in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Staff photo by Rob Mattson/Noble Research Institute.)

Research partners to offer rancher education series

Michael Johnson, executive producer and producer, left, was impressed by Wes Jackson’s physical abilities during the filming of “Prairie Prophecy” near Salina, Kansas. (Courtesy photo.)

‘Prairie Prophecy’ places Jackson on perennial pedestal

University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Rudra Baral recommends a precise soil test every three years to help prevent buying and applying unneeded fertilizer. Photo courtesy of Rudra Baral.

Soil tests key to fertilizing warm-season forages

(From left) Steve Tucker, a UNL alumni and an owner of Tucker Farms and AgriForce Seed in Venango, Nebraska; Robert Ellis, American Farmland Trust; and Paul Jasa, UNL Extension research engineer, discuss questions raised by the Nebraska Soil Health School attendees during the event’s discussion panel. (Photo by Bijesh Maharjan | Nebraska Extension)

Nebraska soil health school visits farmers

Twin Brooks, South Dakota, farmer David Kruger explained how he earns more profit per acre by using a corn-soybean-wheat crop in no-till fields compared to a corn-soybean rotation in conventionally tilled fields at the 2025 Soil Health Conference in Watertown, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.)

Regenerative ag can grow the bottom line