Editor’s note: The following was written by Tamra Jackson-Ziems and Dylan Mangel, University of Nebraska Extension plant pathologist, and Talon Mues, Extension educator, for the university’s Crop Watch website June 19.
- Dixi Wellman
"Sadly, most of my lapses in judgment didn’t even occur in my rookie year."
- By Marie Flanagan, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
For Roger Licking of LickingAg and some neighboring ranchers across Arthur, Grant, Hooker, Thomas and Brown counties, Nebraska, the "summer slump" of cool-season pastures has been a recurring hurdle.
- Sue Roesler
MANNING, N.D. – With hot days in the summer, cattle may start to feel the heat and bunch up together in the corners of pastures. Rachel Gibbs, NDSU ruminant systems management specialist at Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), said she has been focusing on what short bursts of heat ca…
- By Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today
Arti Singh is an associate professor of agronomy at Iowa State University with more than 15 years of plant breeding experience. She leads a crop breeding program focused on bringing new food-grade crop opportunities for Midwest farmers. Singh also works to develop new artificial intelligence…
- By Crystal Reed, Illinois Farmer Today
Summer is here and with that brings the opportunity for people to enjoy fresh fruits that are in season, like peaches.
Editor’s note: This column was originally published on March 3, 2003.
- John Sumwalt For Agri-View
One morning when we still lived on the farm, I looked out the front window and saw the barn door was open. A horse was standing by the corn crib not 10 feet from the road. It wasn’t my horse, but still I had that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
- Sue Roesler
For the last 250 years, agriculture has been on a fast track with technologies that improve weed control strategies in farming and ranching.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
According to the USDA, 17 counties across Montana are considered “critically underserved” when it comes to veterinarian professionals. While that may seem staggering on paper, the impact is even more significant to the farmers and ranchers who struggle to find veterinary care for their lives…
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
Josh Nelson views cover crops as another way to diversify, enhance and sustain good black soil for more production on his farm near Belmond, Iowa.
- By Ivair Valmorbida, University of Missouri
The first corn leafhoppers of the year were detected June 16 and June 22 in Missouri corn fields during routine field scouting in Boone County as part of regular in-season monitoring.
- By Jenn Patterson
Summer only arrived a few weeks ago, but extreme heat and storms have already taken a toll on many Iowa farms. Corn fields are uneven. Soybeans are patchy. Some fields will recover; others won’t.
- By Dave Roepke, Iowa State University
Students from Jim Fitzgerald’s precision agriculture class at Boone High School pushed a utility cart across one of the school’s athletic fields on a sunny morning, trying their best to roll along a straight but invisible line. Without assistance from the cart’s GPS-powered tools, it was a t…
- Kristen Sindelar
The family at Moreland Farms takes pride in handling every step of production for the flour, from planting and harvesting the wheat to milling and bagging the Niobrara Grain and Milling flour.
- Katelyn Winberg
Grey Zabel didn't come to the Governor's Ag Summit with a PowerPoint. He came with a $100 bill from American Bank and Trust, a challenge for the crowd, and story after story tying a field outside Selby, South Dakota, to a football field in Seattle.
- Sue Roesler
When sixth-generation farmer Ethan Johnson farms the same field that his ancestors farmed in the 1800s in the Red River Valley east of Fargo, he can’t help but feel proud that his family has taken such good care of the generational farm.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Montana is a big state. It has big, wide-open spaces, big, tall mountains, and big, blue skies. But, in all that bigness there is one resource that is absolutely finite, and that’s water. With population and development expanding in the state, water allocation has become a forefront issue th…
- By Crystal Reed, Illinois Farmer Today
When most people think of crops in the Midwest they think of the common offerings — corn, soybeans and wheat.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Most Midwest farmers have experienced crop damage due to deer. But how many farmers have experienced crop damage due to elk?
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
Practice makes it better. Crop and livestock producers tend to get more opportunities when they pay close attention to volatile markets and expenses.
- Sue Roesler
FOXHOLM, N.D. – With the growing season well underway, Brandon and Jessie Bock, who farm with their son, Lyle, and daughter, Grace, traveled to represent regenerative ag farming in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 25.
- Kristen Sindelar
In all she does through 4-H, Kristin Coufal of David City, Nebraska, has taken to heart the words of former NFL coach Tony Dungy: remember that mentor leadership is all about serving.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
June was unusual in northern Wisconsin. During the month much of the middle of North America, including most of Wisconsin, had very hot days early on followed by record coolness as the jet stream sagged south. The sag of the jet stream allowed cold and dry northern air to drift down over the…
- By Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today
Alpha-gal syndrome continues to be a concern as the condition expands its geographic area.
- Kristen Sindelar
Most teens aren’t leaping out of bed at 6 a.m. to wash calves before the heat of the day. Then again, most seventh graders aren’t begging their parents to let them buy cows, either.
- Sue Roesler
DRAKE, N.D. – After a busy week representing corn growers at activities across the state, Scott Spear was back in the sprayer at the farm spraying herbicide on his soybeans and reporting on his operation from the cab.
- By Kylie Mockler, Centerville, S.D.
"With crops in their most vital stage of growth, even the slightest lack of moisture can stunt growth and decrease overall yields."
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