Dormant seeded spring wheat, on the left, compared with spring seeded spring wheat, on the right, at Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, South Dakota. (Courtesy photo.)

Dormant seeding makes room for wheat in crop rotations

Cheatgrass is Wyoming's No. 1 invasive weed. (Courtesy photo.)

Wyoming study: Invasive weeds take economic toll

K-State researchers are beginning a project to develop sensors that that can more accurately measure soil properties. Pictured, l to r, are Garrett Peterson (electrical engineering), Jaebeom Suh (marketing), Ganga Hettiarachchi (agronomy), Bala Natarajan (electrical and computer engineering), Raj Khosla (agronomy), Jeongdae Im (civil engineering), Suprem Das (industrial and manufacturing systems engineering).(Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

K-State researchers aim to develop soil sensors that will measure farm fields at the nanoscale

Soil Health

Probing our country’s soil health

Soil Health

These fly larvae can add value

Win Biologics sales representative Raeann Magill, left, and company owner Carolyn Wingate pose with the hot pink urea they sell to farmers. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

Hot Pink fits for regenerative farming firm

(Photo courtesy of Noble Research Institute.)

Noble, Certified Angus Beef team up to boost rangeland health

Cattle from the Gardiner Angus Ranch have benefited from rangeland improvement that has also improved habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken on this 20,000-acre tract south of Ashland, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Habitat improvement can also boost bottom line