Cargill is reducing its workforce by about 5% globally, saying the layoffs are a response to a decrease in crop prices that have reduced revenue for the agricultural giant. An annual report from the Minnesota-based…

Iola’s Green Cover Seed has been abuzz this week with producers from Kansas and surrounding states convening for the 5th Annual Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference. The event, held Tuesday and Wednesday, provided networking and…

Nature’s way, scientifically amplified.  This is the motto of Elemental Enzymes, a life sciences company that specializes in enzyme, peptide, protein, and biological chemistry solutions that contribute to plant health, yield, and profitability.  The Iola…

Just as he did in 2016 and 2020, Iowa farmer and rancher Lance Lillibridge plans to vote for Donald Trump this November. However, this self-described conservative said his vote for the former president will come…

When the time came for Mike Geffert to pick his future career path, he hesitated for only a moment. Did he want to continue a farming tradition that began when his grandparents settled in Allen…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas put 5,600 miles on his truck visiting constituents during the August congressional break, and the Republican carried a message of despair about the agriculture economy back to…

MANHATTAN — Southwind Extension District 4-H members were named state champions at the Kansas Livestock Sweepstakes competition Aug. 17-18 at Kansas State University. The youths came out on top of each of the four contests…

Every summer ranchers cut and bale hay for the winter and don’t think much about it. But the nutritive value of hay is highly variable and not always represented by the visual appraisal of the…

There likely won’t be a new farm bill this year as lawmakers run out of time to debate. The extension of the 2018 Farm Bill – which expired on Sept. 30, 2023 with the end…

The fickle nature that is Kansas weather will certainly play a role in how happy Kansas farmers are this fall, Southwind Extension agent Lonnie Mengarelli said Thursday. It already has in many cases, noted Mengarelli,…