For centuries, farmers cut and moved hay by hand. Then horses made the work quicker and a bit easier. In the early 1900s, machines like the automatic baler changed everything. At Big Spring Farm Days, ...

The relationship between winter wheat planting dates and grain yields can be characterized by a bell curve, according to K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato. Seeding should occur at the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Even with cool temperatures and recent rainfall, a Purdue University agronomist said that Indiana growers can plant wheat until the end of October. "Actually, right now southern ...

This spring, consider planting some bread. Not loaves to pick from branches, of course, but wheat to harvest, then grind into flour for bread. A hundred bushels per acre is a good crop of wheat. You ...

ARGONIA, Kan. (KSNW) – Since Mike Volavka was 14, he has been farming. When he married his wife Debbie 46 years ago, she became his partner in life on the farm. They had three kids together outside of ...