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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

Arkansas, Canola, Colorado, Corn, Cotton, Crops, Dave Bergmeier, economy, Editors, Government, Grain Sorghum, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Row Crops, Sorghum, South Dakota, Soybeans, Sunflowers, Texas, USDA, Wheat, Wyoming

USDA announces FBA payments

Canola, Corn, Cotton, Crops, Government, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans, Sunflowers, USDA, Wheat

Farmers to receive up to $12 billion in government aid

Specialty crops: Short season, high profit potential 

  • August 29, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer

Oklahoma’s Jimmy Emmons sworn in as assistant chief of NRCS

  • May 22, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
USDA

April 15 looms for crop insurance enrollment

  • April 1, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
Sorghum harvest over much of Kansas and surrounding states was late in the fall of 2014, but most had good yields. Damp conditions coupled with high humidity in some areas prevented the sorghum from drying down on time. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Farmers can now enroll in ARC and PLC for 2024 crop year

  • December 20, 2023
  • By hpj-editorial

Company releases latest high-yield sesame

  • February 1, 2022
  • By hpj-editorial
Cotton bales on Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024, in El Campo, Texas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cotton, sorghum, sesame production meetings

  • March 17, 2021
  • By hpj-editorial

Hummus company opens new avenues in the sesame market for Oklahoma and Texas growers

  • July 17, 2020
  • By Lacey Newlin

Alternative crop acreage up, market conditions are a mixed bag

  • May 14, 2020
  • By Adam Russell, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
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