Electrical conductivity measurement is one of the fastest, most reliable and most cost-effective methods for characterizing soil variations within a field. 

A Kansas State University researcher in western Kansas says he may have an innovative way to kill herbicide-resistant weeds commonly found in farmer’s fields: simply put, he wants to crush ‘em.

The University of Nebraska Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center’s Plant Pathology Program offers a soil index test to growers to use as a forecasting tool for sugarbeet root rot diseases in Nebraska.

No-till research pioneer Lloyd Murdock is thankful to be alive. He was at his home in Princeton, Ky., when an outbreak of deadly tornadoes ripped across the western part of the state.