crop production

Sunflowers (Photo courtesy of Amberlyn Brown.)
Alfalfa, Hemp, Other Crops, Regional Roundup, Southern Region, Sunflowers, Texas

Alternative crops offer producers diversification

Alternative crops continue to provide Texas farmers with valuable options for diversification and late-season planting opportunities. Read More

corn field (Photo: iStock - zhengzaishuru)
Corn, Cotton, Cotton, Crops, Grain Sorghum, Row Crops

Late rains and tight windows challenge weed control in Kansas row crops

A wheat field near Hutchinson, Kansas, awaits cutting, as drought and other pressures will make it a challenging harvest. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
All Aboard Harvest, Arkansas, Colorado, Crops, Dave Bergmeier, Disease, Drought, Editors, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Weather, Wheat, Wyoming

Plan and act early for wheat seed

A nation built by farmers and risk-takers 

Sara Wyant

White House lifts duties on some phosphate imports; price outlook uncertain

Corn planted acreage down 3% while soybeans up 5%

Dave Bergmeier

Stressors all around—optimism, too

Kansas wheat crop a testament to hardiness 

Combine harvester harvests wheat. (Adobe Stock │ #602027180 - scharfsinn86)

USDA lowers U.S. wheat production outlook in June WASDE report 

Looking down a corn row in a no-till planted field. (Adobe Stock │ #114167847- Margaret Burlingham)

Paper looks at corn’s response to perennial cover

Southern Plains drought webinar discusses weather, agriculture