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Alfalfa U

Alfalfa

Crop insurance can be added to checklist for alfalfa growers

Leaf loss bears watching

Nutrient management crucial in alfalfa crop

Start your alfalfa off right this year


Cattle U

You can be a trend setter too

Troy Leith (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Custom processor looks back on history to provide service today 

Jason Warner - Cattle U

Extension cow-calf specialist talks at Cattle U

Matt Perrier delivers the keynote address during lunch at Cattle U. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Cattle U 2023 keynoted by Kansan Matt Perrier


Soil Health U

Vesh Raj Thapa, UNL post-doctoral research assistant, stands behind root samples from the plots at WREEC in North Platte. Photo by Chabella Guzman

Roots, another important aspect of cover crops

Skip Richter holds some compost in his hands. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie.)

Texas statewide soil health research to benefit farmers

Learn more about management plans and opportunities for organic production

Soil Health

Traditional soil health methods weren’t right fit for northeast Colorado farmer


Soil Health

cotton

Lessons from a no-till cotton farmer in the Texas High Plains

Great Plains received beneficial rains

Company’s advisory panel discuss farm challenges

Vesh Raj Thapa, UNL post-doctoral research assistant, stands behind root samples from the plots at WREEC in North Platte. Photo by Chabella Guzman

Roots, another important aspect of cover crops


Podcasts

Trent Loos Rural Route Radio Podcast September 13, 2023

05.14.18: Mother’s Day and Graduations

HPJ Talk on Google Play

HPJ Talk on iTunes


Wheat U

Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology at Kansas State University, discusses the insects that have been the most prevalent in wheat and sorghum the last few years. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Nasty insects in wheat and sorghum

The farmer panel at Sorghum U Wheat U included moderator Craig Meeker and panelists: Brant Peterson, Michael Peters, Brett Oelke and Kent Winter. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Farmers discuss weeds, inputs and technology at Sorghum U Wheat U panel 

Sorghum U / Wheat U

HPJ Sorghum U Wheat U event set for Aug. 9 in Wichita

Sorghum U-Wheat U set for August 9, 2023


Cotton U

The old and new weed management challenges for cotton

Cotton U farmer panelists discuss challenges and opportunities in cotton today

Cotton U speaker discusses farm bill expectations

High Plains farmers gather for Cotton U in Lubbock


All Aboard

HPJ announces ‘Homemade in the High Plains’ cookbook


Sorghum U

Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology at Kansas State University, discusses the insects that have been the most prevalent in wheat and sorghum the last few years. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Nasty insects in wheat and sorghum

The farmer panel at Sorghum U Wheat U included moderator Craig Meeker and panelists: Brant Peterson, Michael Peters, Brett Oelke and Kent Winter. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Farmers discuss weeds, inputs and technology at Sorghum U Wheat U panel 

Sorghum U / Wheat U

HPJ Sorghum U Wheat U event set for Aug. 9 in Wichita

Sorghum U-Wheat U set for August 9, 2023


Machine Feature/It’s Your Business

(Photo courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim.)

Reproductive vaccines: The best insurance for your cows and future herd

In a dry edible bean plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center-Mitchell Lab, Maria Alvarado, UNL graduate student, left, Kainyon Tay, head of the legume program in Chile, and Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, look for desirable bean plants. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Bean breeders scout fields for desirable bean genetics

(Photo courtesy of The National Western Stock Show.)

Give back and volunteer at the National Western Stock Show

Plant bulbs this fall to grow daffodils and other colorful flowers next spring. (Kansas State Unviersity Research and Extension.)

Now is the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs  


Ag Finance

(Photo courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim.)

Reproductive vaccines: The best insurance for your cows and future herd

In a dry edible bean plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center-Mitchell Lab, Maria Alvarado, UNL graduate student, left, Kainyon Tay, head of the legume program in Chile, and Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, look for desirable bean plants. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Bean breeders scout fields for desirable bean genetics

(Photo courtesy of The National Western Stock Show.)

Give back and volunteer at the National Western Stock Show

Plant bulbs this fall to grow daffodils and other colorful flowers next spring. (Kansas State Unviersity Research and Extension.)

Now is the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs  


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