Farming is not a game. Yet it was a game that saved the farm of George and Ann Rohrbacher. The Farming Game has sold more than 1 million copies since its debut the weekend before Thanksgiving 1979.
Warm spring weather has brought out the hunger in a tiny alfalfa pest.
With boots on the ground, spending quality time learning the ropes at regional feedlots, Kansas State University’s Feedlot Boot Camp program has sparked interest and solidified career paths for many in the feedlot industry.
K-State veterinarians offer recommendations about how to manage a bull if he doesn’t pass his breeding soundness exam
"Speaking of yearling bulls, I am very, very pleased with them this year. This is by far the most uniform set that we’ve raised."
Later planting dates may be one way soybean growers can thwart the yield-robbing pest known as the soybean gall midge.
HOMINY, Oklahoma – Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook an almost-700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly lowered its horned head into the fence, resisting McKinney’s order to face the other way.
Later planting dates may be one way soybean growers can thwart the yield-robbing pest known as the soybean gall midge.
HOMINY, Oklahoma – Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook an almost-700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly lowered its horned head into the fence, resisting McKinney’s order to face the other way.
"We could see the tornado from our front porch and prayed it would not hit our farm."
Farmers of old wore the signature straw hats and bib overalls. If the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) completes its mission to grow plants in space, future agriculturalists may be sporting space suits and moon boots.
"It is getting closer to being my favorite time of the year. The grass has really greened up in the last couple weeks and it will take off when we get the much-needed rain that I know will eventually bless us."
My first ATV had been my go-to for more days than I could count, but over 27,000 miles of rough Sandhills country, plus one, at times, erratic female driver meant it had earned its retirement.
Individual identification of cattle is important for many reasons, making it possible to identify a number of important management aspects.
Did you ever have one of those days when everything worked just like it should?
It's go time – the day we've been waiting for since the last day of harvest 2023. All the winter meetings and preparation time have come down to this moment when it's time to get seed into the ground.
The wheat streak mosaic virus, transmitted by wheat curl mites that reside in volunteer wheat, poses problems for producers and requires thorough management, according to Kansas State University wheat disease specialist Kelsey Andersen Onofre.
Disposable hypodermic needles are a necessary tool in maintaining cattle health. They provide a convenient and economical route to deliver products to animals in a safe and effective manner.
Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in tackling terminology this month.
“I had accepted the fact that I couldn’t compete with the big guys, and I really don’t want to either.”
Fertilizer recommendations can vary widely across state lines, which is a management challenge for producers working in multiple states.
CLAAS has brought an intensive German apprenticeship program to its Omaha facility, teaching mechatronics, a discipline that incorporates mechanics, electronics, fluid power and computing.
Calf prices are encouraging cow-calf producers to increase cow inventories to have more calves to sell.
Six National Chung Hsing University students traveled to Manhattan from March 30 through April 6, to represent their university as part of a bilateral student exchange program to learn about Kansas’ agricultural industry and how Kansas agriculture exports benefit both Kansas and Taiwan.
Balancing the checkbook and reviewing the monthly credit card statements are just two ways that consumers monitor their spending.
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