Cracking of a tomato as a result of excess moisture, overheating of a vegetable or an overdose of fertilizers, on a bush close-up. Crop loss. Problems of agriculture, tomato disease. (iStock │ #1340725845 - Lyubov Kulikova)

Tomato cracking: is it preventable?

Watering a garden bed with watering can. (Adobe Stock │ #526862504 - Valerii Honcharuk)

How to brace the garden to resist heat stress

Woman filling a glass of water from a stainless steel or chrome tap or faucet (Photo: iStock - mheim3011)
Cattle in pasture (University of Missouri File photo)

Tall fescue adds to heat stress in cattle

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Ingrid Peters, who will graduate from MSU on May 9, has been selected as an intern into the selective Short Term Educational Experiences for Research at the University of California, Berkeley. MSU Photo by Marcus "Doc" Cravens
Heavy and persistent rainfall led to this crop field being partially flooded. (iStock │ #2157109168 - Sophonibal)

Timely rains are good for state’s crops, but could it have been too much?

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service