High commodity prices and especially the high cost of fertilizer prompted local farmers to shift their focus to wheat this year. That’s a trend likely to continue, with the war in Ukraine expected to deplete…

A seed exchange event was offered Saturday at LaHarpe City Hall. A small number of gardeners stopped by to trade in their seeds. Harding agreed to provide information on gardens, plants and other agro-related topics.

Most cow-calf producers face price risk. Likewise, most producers manage price risk, even if they do not have an explicit “price risk management strategy.” Three major price risk management strategies are self-insurance, marketing flexibility, and…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the…

2022 could prove to be an interesting year for producers in Southeast Kansas. Ultra-high fertilizer prices and herbicide shortages, paired with high commodity prices already have producers scratching their heads on what to plant this…

MAYETTA — Marmaton Valley High School’s Jacque Gabbert was named the Kansas Association of Career and Technical Education (K-ACTE) teacher of the year on Saturday. Gabbert teaches vocational agriculture classes at Marmaton Valley. The Kansas…

TOPEKA — Researchers at Kansas State University are participating in a study to determine whether technology developed in Australia could be an effective deterrent in Midwest crop fields to growth of pigweeds, feral ryegrass and…

Keith Berns is a farmer by trade, but on Wednesday, he might as well have added scientist and economist to his business card. Berns is founder and co-owner of Green Cover Seed, based in Bladen,…

HUMBOLDT — As a lifelong farmer, Curt Mueller is used to worrying about the weather. 2021 was no different. It started with one of the wettest springs and summers in recent memory. From June through…

It would be impossible to think of Harry Clubine anywhere but on the farm. He was born the son of a dairy farmer, rising every morning at the crack of dawn — “or earlier,” he…