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Golden wheat in field. (Adobe Stock-#142076974 │ Bits and Splits)
Crops, Editorials, Editors, General, Kylene Scott, Opinion, Wheat

Wheat state no more? Let’s hope not 

Field Editor Kylene Scott writes about how Kansas wheat acreage faces pressure as drought, crop economics and diversification push farmers toward corn and soybeans. Read More

Cattle grazing at the Thompson Research Center near Spickard, Missouri. The center is owned and operated by Mizzou's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Photo by Kyle Spradley (Courtesy of the University of Missouri)
Agronomics, Alfalfa, Beef, Canola, Corn, Cotton, Cow Calf, Dairy, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Farmland, Forage Crops, Grain Sorghum, Land, Ranchland, Seedstock, Soybeans, Stocker, Sunflowers, Swine, Wheat

The path to profitability begins with better management

Seth Meyer, director, FAPRI-MU and associate professor, University of Missouri. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Crops and Cattle, Dave Bergmeier, Editors

Numbers tell two stories about ag profitability

The 2026 watermelon season has been a difficult one for Texas growers. Wet conditions created a number of issues and poor prices exacerbated those issues. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Wet weather, low prices put damper on Texas watermelon season

  • June 29, 2026
  • By Adam Russell │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Farm economy follows several paths

  • May 12, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Nebraska land. (iStock-#2256324331 │ redtea)

UNL report shows second year of falling Nebraska land values

  • March 26, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial

Preparing your operation for tough markets and better days ahead

  • October 26, 2025
  • By Keaton Dugan

Sorghum cash bids higher, while others lower

  • May 31, 2021
  • By hpj-editorial
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  • April 18, 2021
  • By hpj-editorial

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