Imagine yourself in a blizzard so thick and cold and blinding that you could not see your hands right in front of you. Such blizzards were common 150 years ago on the upper great plains.…

The calendar has turned to fall, and the weather is slowly following suit. Harvest is underway with combines rolling through fields and semis hauling grain to elevators and on-farm bins. There’s more of those bins…

It is not too late to get some cover crops on wheat stubble or any fallow ground from flooded or failed crops this summer. Cover crops are one of the most versatile tools a farmer…

LAWRENCE — The most cost-effective method of responding to chemical and sediment runoff from intense agriculture production is development of large-scale wetlands in watersheds feeding rivers and large streams, a University of Kansas researcher said…

TORONTO — Chari “Adelaide” Bauman is zany for zebus. And to showcase her passion, she’s just published a children’s book, “Zara the Zebu.” Zara, a miniature zebu, belongs to a young girl named Zeni, but…

Let’s talk pastures. According to Dale Strickler, agronomist at Green Cover Seed, “the standard level of pasture management, I hate to be insulting, but it’s miserable. … We just simply do not manage pastures here.”…

While most kids are preparing to relax and enjoy their summer break, 4-H livestock project members in the Southwind District will be learning more about their livestock projects through a new national program aimed at…

What does your cornfield look like right now? If it’s a beautiful sea of purple, that’s bad. But if it’s coming up green, that’s good. The first is henbit/dead-nettle with its attractive purple flowers. The…

MECOSTA, Mich. (AP) — For generations, Brian Sackett’s family has farmed potatoes that are made into chips found on grocery shelves in much of the eastern U.S. About 25% of the nation’s potato chips get…

Crop dusters have been taking to the skies in Allen County and surrounding areas over the past couple of weeks. In order to get a closer look at the process, this Register reporter visited the…