Big Crops Getting Smaller
As we close in on the end of August, disease pressure is raising its ugly head in both corn and soybeans, chipping away at yield potential. While temperatures are running on the cooler side, the forecast doesn’t
Keeping atrazine in the field
By Kelsey Stremel, K-State Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. — Atrazine remains one of the most widely used and affordable herbicides in Kansas corn and grain sorghum fields, but its presence in streams and lakes continues to
Farm Incomes Dropping in Fed’s Ninth District
The Federal Reserve’s Ninth District in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has enjoyed good weather for crop production, but crop prices haven’t been friendly to farmers’ pocketbooks. A North Dakota farm lender told the Federal Reserve that, “High operating costs