Without fail, there will be one corn or soybean field we thought was planted in perfect conditions that looks...

Cool season grass harvest began in earnest over the past 10 days or so. As this next dry spell...

Tis the season for fighting weeds… and bugs… and diseases… in everything from field and forage crops to gardens...

Despite our best efforts, sericea lespedeza continues to be a problem weed across our grassland acres. With its ability...

Much of our corn right now has entered in to what I’ve heard deemed the “ugly corn” stage. Plants...

A 2017 study out of South Dakota hits at the yield losses caused by the presence of volunteer corn in...

There’s a lot that goes in to making a good hay crop. Often overlooked, our cutting height can have...

If a corn seed had its choice for optimal planting conditions, it would often look outside of northeast Kansas...

Annual losses from soybean seedling blights are not the greatest disease yield robbers in our soybean production system (Soybean...

Another week – another missed chance for needed precipitation. The effect on cool season grasses may not be seen...

As long as forage crops green up in the spring and give us something to hay or graze, in...

It doesn’t seem right to be discussing soybean seed treatments before we even get far in to corn planting...

If alfalfa makes up a portion of your forage program, it’s time to scout for alfalfa weevils. The Kansas...

For most crops, there is a “minimum” soil temperature below which planting problems may result due to cooler than...

The 10 a.m. two-inch soil temperature at the Corning, Kan., Mesonet Station on March 5 was 50 degrees –...