K-State’s TAPS program helps producers test new approaches to water and farm management
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BOONE, Iowa — Equipment exhibited at the 2026 Farm Progress Show ranged from items small enough to fit in a hand to long stretches of heavy-duty tractors, planters and large construction equipment.
- By Lauren Stanick, UNL Agronomy and Horticulture
As many seed industry professionals near retirement, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is training new recruits through its Seed Industry Scholars program.
- Benjamin Herrold
Emerging technologies in robotics, as well as improvements to the capabilities of existing equipment such as drones, will push farming to new levels.
- Benjamin Herrold
Farmers are facing higher input costs, including fuel costs. Even within this growing season, farmers have seen significant movement in fuel prices.
- Crystal Reed
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — An Aug. 7 Becknology Day tour aimed to help guide farmers as nitrogen prices rise.
- Benjamin Herrold
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
- University of Nebraska CropWatch
Efficient irrigation relies on minimizing water losses and maximizing the portion of applied water that reaches the crop root zone. Improving efficiency becomes even more critical in dry years like 2026, when irrigation demand is high, air temperatures are elevated and relative humidity is l…
- By Elena Tittel South Dakota News Watch
About 20 miles from Mitchell sits a 100-year-old barn. Merely driving by, it looks like nothing out of the ordinary: just one of many such farming landmarks off of I-90 surrounded by fields of crops and tall grass.
Harvest may feel like the finish line, but it's actually where next year's seed decisions begin.
Jeff Hale has lived on the same gravel road his entire life.
ARS is employing innovative modeling techniques to predict where New World screwworm infestations may emerge in the U.S.
- By Geitner Simmons - IANR Communications
Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the Department of Animal Science are unraveling tho…
- Kaitlin Donovan
For decades, the U.S. beef industry fought an uphill battle to increase consumer demand. Today, that story has changed.
Low feed levels in a swine barn can compromise pig health and productivity. To help ensure proper nutrition, the new FeedSense system from AP (Automated Production) automatically monitors feed bin levels with high accuracy and minimal maintenance.
- Amy Sullivan GROW
Every sports star needs an assist sometimes, and The Ohio State University researchers are hoping chaff lining might play that role for herbicide applications – by lining up weeds in tidy rows ahead of the sprayer.
- By Kelsey Stremel, K-State College of Agriculture
K-State’s TAPS program helps producers test new approaches to water and farm management
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — Equipment exhibited at the 2026 Farm Progress Show ranged from items small enough to fit in a hand to long stretches of heavy-duty tractors, planters and large construction equipment.
- By Lauren Stanick, UNL Agronomy and Horticulture
As many seed industry professionals near retirement, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is training new recruits through its Seed Industry Scholars program.
- By Kim Ricardo, SDSU Extension
As we head into the fall months, it’s an important time to evaluate and plan winter feed inventory.
- K-State Extension news service
K-State veterinarians look at the benefits of supplementing calf nutrition with the practice of creep feeding
- Benjamin Herrold
Emerging technologies in robotics, as well as improvements to the capabilities of existing equipment such as drones, will push farming to new levels.
- Benjamin Herrold
Farmers are facing higher input costs, including fuel costs. Even within this growing season, farmers have seen significant movement in fuel prices.
- Crystal Reed
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — An Aug. 7 Becknology Day tour aimed to help guide farmers as nitrogen prices rise.
- Benjamin Herrold
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
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