What's Making News
Two barn fires within three miles of each other were reported late Monday night near Wakarusa. The chief of the Wakarusa Fire Department ... Read entire story
The members of the Wawasee High School FFA soils team looked over the grassy slope behind the Warriors' football stadium ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
Colder temperatures prevailed as scattered rainfall aided crop progress in some areas. There were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork ... Read entire story
Warmer temperatures and above average rainfall spurred crop progress. Soil moisture levels increased from the previous week, with ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
U.S. dairy farmers are feeling the squeeze. Average feed costs are up more than $5 per hundredweight compared to a year earlier, ... Read entire story
Back on the home front, U.S. milk production totaled 223.2 billion pounds in 2020, up a hefty 2.2 percent from 2019, or 1.9 percent, factoring ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
Can you imagine being a member of a group in which your vote counts but you can't cast your own ballot? Sadly, this very situation ... Read entire story
While everyone uses water, Americans use it up, noted Wallace Stegner, the preeminent writer of the West, in his 1992 book ... Read entire story