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Soybeans (K-State Research & Extension photo.)

Wheeler resigns as CEO of Missouri Soybeans 

  • April 30, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
Irrigated soybeans in Keith County, Nebraska are watered by the Ogallala Aquifer. The vast underground reservoir reaches as far south as Texas, where it has declined as much as 36% since the 1950s. In Nebraska, the Ogallala has decreased by just 0.34% on average, according to analysis of U.S. Geological Survey reports, although the state’s southwest counties are showing a much greater decline. (Photo courtesy of Bill Spiegel.)

A lifeline of the High Plains—irrigation in focus

  • April 25, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen

Grain Report April 22 2025

  • April 24, 2025
  • By Heather Noll
Pivot irrigator from Pexel, credit Refik Ekenal.

Center pivot irrigation insurance premiums rising 

  • April 18, 2025
  • By David Murray
Dave Bergmeier

Much to contemplate

  • April 18, 2025
  • By dave-bergmeier

Grain Report April 15 2025

  • April 17, 2025
  • By Heather Noll
Twin Brooks, South Dakota, farmer David Kruger explained how he earns more profit per acre by using a corn-soybean-wheat crop in no-till fields compared to a corn-soybean rotation in conventionally tilled fields at the 2025 Soil Health Conference in Watertown, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.)

Regenerative ag can grow the bottom line

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Stan Wise
Credit is Nemanja Otic, Adobe Stock

Cash Bids April 8

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Tracy Shinogle
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