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Corn, Cotton, Drought, Grain Sorghum, Lacey Vilhauer, Soybeans, Water, Weather

SatRAP project tests satellite data for irrigation decisions 

Researchers are testing satellite data and field sensors to improve irrigation management across the High Plains. Read More

Ag News, Crops, Editors, General, Kylene Scott, Water

Rain showers don’t dampen SWREC field day 

Agricultural irrigation system watering soy bean field in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #523881875 - Solid photos)
Central Region, Kansas, Regional Roundup, Water

K-State to host southwest Kansas meetings on water management, agricultural resilience

Agricultural irrigation system watering corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #85544358 - Solid photos)

K-State study: Slowing down pivots can improve water efficiency and yields

  • May 23, 2025
  • By Kelsey Stremel │ K-State Research and Extension news
Agricultural irrigation system watering soy bean field in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #523881875 - Solid photos)

Maximizing irrigation efficiency: key steps for farmers in 2025

  • March 6, 2025
  • By Kelsey Stremel │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Bare farm ground. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Wheat and more … or less  

  • December 8, 2023
  • By Vance Ehmke │ Farmer from Healy, Kansas

Crop water allocator designed to help farmers with limited water

  • November 10, 2022
  • By By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and Extension

Joint project studies cotton’s place in the High Plains

  • May 13, 2022
  • By By Lacey Vilhauer

Irrigation’s role in agriculture cannot be overstated

  • October 9, 2021
  • By Dave Bergmeier

Your neighbor’s field is not the perfect example

  • June 17, 2020
  • By Jennifer Theurer

Squeezing out every last drop

  • October 14, 2019
  • By Kylene Scott
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