For Rick Nelson, every acre of farmland tells a story — of soil tests, seed placement and years of steady improvement. That attention to detail recently earned the Iola farmer third place in the Kansas…

When I was growing up, my grandfather often told me: “The best thing about being a farmer is that you are your own boss.” When I asked what’s the worst thing, he would chuckle and…

There is no shortage of reasons to protect farmworkers.  Our agriculture industry, responsible for food production and by extension food prices, relies on a myriad of factors, including a stable labor source. Farmworkers are not…

PARSONS — Extension staff from four Midwest universities have joined forces to offer a unique conference that will provide information on beef cattle production, marketing, economics, nutrition and forage utilization. Jaymelynn Farney, a beef systems…

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…

A robot clips weeds Monday morning in an 80-acre soybean field owned by Humboldt farmer Shawn Geffert. The beans were planted April 13.

The average age of farmers in the U.S. is continuing to increase while the number of farms declines, according to new numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture. “This survey, in addition…

PITTSBURG — Starting next fall, Iola High School students will be able to grow up to 500 heads of lettuce each week, all year long.  It will happen courtesy of a hydroponic growing container offered…

Jay Young served as the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference at Green Cover Seed on Wednesday. Young spoke to a large crowd about regenerative agriculture in dry environments, getting…

Iola High School is hoping to land a hydroponic container farm.  Leafy Green Farms of Pittsburg set a goal to establish a hydroponic farm at one high school in every Kansas county, starting with Southeast…