Water availability is fundamental to crop production, and in the last few years farmers have seen widely varying degrees of moisture available during the growing season – both too much and too little.

Planning for 2025 means planning for uncertainty. At some point during the season, your farm will face too much water, or too little, high wind, heat, cold and everything in between. While not every ...

Corn growers get update on water efficiency and corn prices during Kansas State University-TAP’s tour, Dave Bergmeier writes.

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If you’ve been around for any length of time, you probably know by now I am a fan of cover crops. They just make sense to me; grown during a cooler time of year with less evaporation, they have ...

Remote sensing provides multispectral and thermal imagery that can be processed into vegetation indices and canopy ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves. The study highlights how ABA and auxin, another key ...