Looking for a good way to keep up with daily agriculture-related headlines? Give Kansas Ag Connection a try! Subscribers to On the Range, our weekly country living update (read more), may already be familiar with this site as a source for some of our headlines. There’s a reason for that. Kansas Ag Connection is aContinue reading “Kansas Ag Connection”
Tag Archives: Field Crops
Cover Crop Decision Tool
Looking for the right cover crop? Give this Cover Crop Decision Tool from the Midwest Cover Crop Council a try. First select from one of the following states: Iowa. Illinois. Indiana. Kansas. Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri. Ohio. Ontario. Wisconsin. Then choose options that take into account your growing conditions: County (for frost/freeze date estimate). Planting andContinue reading “Cover Crop Decision Tool”
The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 2
Adjusting Livestock Production In an effort to reduce hog numbers, payments were also distributed to farmers who would destroy their piglets and pregnant sows. About 6 million piglets were slaughtered under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). A cattle-purchasing program was similarly implemented under the Drought Relief Service in areas where the Dust Bowl had hit theContinue reading “The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 2”
The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 1
The theory was simple. If consumers had to compete a little harder to obtain commodities, farmers would receive more income for those commodities.
Seeds From the Tombs
Can seeds from Ancient Egypt germinate thousands of years later? Scientists still debate the question.
Web Soil Survey
Knowing your soils is a good idea, no matter where you live or what type of country living activity you pursue. The USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service makes that job easy.
Top 10 Books for Beginning Farmers
Whatever stage you are in as a new farmer, one of the best things you can do is to read extensively. We have picked out 10 must-reads to get you going.
The Heritage of Turkey Red Winter Wheat
What better heritage food to celebrate than Turkey Red winter wheat, the grain that made Kansas the Wheat State?
30-Year Normals
Agriculture is very much a weather-dependent pursuit. The success or failure of both garden and field crops in any given year depends primarily on the rainfall and temperatures. Even pastures should be managed with an eye to the sky.
The Changing Face of American Agriculture: Part 3
Many involved in agriculture, commercial or entrepreneurial, feel that technology will shape the future.
