Janelle Atyeo

A national sheep event in Huron will showcase top Rambouillet sheep from breeders across the country this month.

There’s a difference between weed control and weed suppression, according to south central Nebraska farmer Jordan Uldrich.

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There is probably no need to dig very deeply into the cattle market and all that is happening around the country. But I will. Although a person may spend an entire professional lifetime in the cattle business, once you leave the daily happenings, it is nearly impossible to keep up – especially when a market moves both up and down with the speed and ferocity of the market the past couple of years. It’s probably required that I add it’s been mostly up, and add it’s about time.

This time of year, farmers are deciding whether their crops would benefit from a nutrient boost, weighing yield potential against the high cost of fertilizer.

Drought conditions in the Upper Midwest worsened as farmers planted their fields this spring, causing some to shift acres away from water-hungry corn.

I have written before about the main reason I wound up at the Sioux Falls Stockyards for almost half century. Very simply, it was the only job offer I had.

Beets are on track for high yields at Megan Horsager's Montevideo, Minnesota farm.

After another inch and a half of rain in late June, southeastern Nebraska has completely emerged from drought status, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's June 25 update.

With combines, harvest equipment and the acres they run getting bigger every year, grain storage and handling systems need to keep up.