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Missouri 4-H hosts largest Dairy Cow Camp ever

1 week ago | farmtalknews.com | Nick Rex

Seventy kids are in Freistatt, Missouri, learning about dairy cows. They’ve arrived from across the state, from Arkansas, even flown in from Oregon for this annual cow camp. “Dirt is stubborn. If you wanna get the dirt out you gotta be more stubborn than the dirt,” says a 4-H counselor.
Dairy Science Digest podcast takes “research to the barn,” delivering current science to dairy farmers

1 week ago | farmtalknews.com | Linda Geist |Nick Rex

University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Reagan Bluel is a self-proclaimed “science geek.” She likes pawing through the latest science journals to keep on the cutting edge of dairy research that could improve the bottom line of Missouri dairy producers. “Sometimes useful farm management information is in scientific jargon that is just not very user-friendly,” Bluel says — so Bluel does the leg work of translating the scientific findings into digestible 25 minute podcast episodes.
TyCo Industries acquires Burlington Welding, Diamond W Corrals

2 weeks ago | farmtalknews.com | Nick Rex

The Diamond W portable wheel corral. (Photo by Diamond W) Burlington Welding, and its premiere product the original Diamond W Corral, was recently acquired by TyCo Industries. “TyCo” stands for Tyler Meiwes and Cody Kent, the new owners. Meiwes and Kent are originally from Clovis, New Mexico. They started their own welding company at the ages of 23 and 22, respectively, and quickly acquired work building feedyards and dairy farms across the Southern High Plains.
Pioneer Days celebrates 100 years of Caterpillar

3 weeks ago | farmtalknews.com | Nick Rex

Hosted by Caney Valley Antique Power Association from May 30-June 1, the 32nd Pioneer Days also celebrated the 100th year of the equipment company Caterpillar. Antique collectors from across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma hauled their tractors and cars to demo. Event attendees also learned about homesteading practices like broom making, blacksmithing, saw milling, and quilting. (Photos by Nick Rex)
Brothers pitch in when work needs to be done

3 weeks ago | enidnews.com | Nick Rex

CHETOPA, Kan. — East of Chetopa, Kansas, all the fields are covered in yellow buttercups. Ronnie Johnson inches the tractor forward, motioned by his brother, Loyd. “Whoa now, that’s good,” Loyd waves. kAm“yFDE 6J632==:?’[ :E =@@<D =:<6 E9:D H:== 36 72:C=J =6G6=[” #@??:6 D2JD] p ?6H 82E6 DH:?8D @? E96 6?5 @7 E96 EC24E@C 3F4<6E 7@C<] %96 =2DE 82E6 E@ E96 3F==A6?
Brothers pitch in when work needs to be done

4 weeks ago | chickashanews.com | Nick Rex

CHETOPA, Kan. — East of Chetopa, Kansas, all the fields are covered in yellow buttercups. Ronnie Johnson inches the tractor forward, motioned by his brother, Loyd. “Whoa now, that’s good,” Loyd waves. kAm“yFDE 6J632==:?’[ :E =@@<D =:<6 E9:D H:== 36 72:C=J =6G6=[” #@??:6 D2JD] p ?6H 82E6 DH:?8D @? E96 6?5 @7 E96 EC24E@C 3F4<6E 7@C<] %96 =2DE 82E6 E@ E96 3F==A6?
The generation that can save the Ogallala Aquifer

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Nick Rex

Jared Faurot’s blue jeans are getting sprayed under the drip hose sprinklers. Faurot stands beside a center pivot tower, fiddling with a spigot, aiming it closer to the ground. He turned water on this field two weeks ago and ever since the wheat has sprung up and started marching toward harvest. One of the last conversations Faurot had with his grandpa in the hospital was about a new irrigation technology on this field.
Sprayin' corn

1 month ago | farmtalknews.com | Nick Rex

East of Jefferson, Kansas, Marty Reichenberger is spraying a corn field with herbicide. He pauses after the first field to refuel while fellow farm hand Zack greases the hydraulics on the John Deere R4044. Six weeks after planting corn, Reichenberger times the herbicide application with the emergence of noxious weeds — mainly Johnson grass and pigweed. Traveling up to 16 miles an hour, the sprayer can cover 100 acres an hour, 150 in fields without terraces.
The generation that can save the Ogallala Aquifer | Grassroot efforts to conserve water in western Kansas farming communities

1 month ago | salemnews.com | Nick Rex

Jared Faurot’s blue jeans are getting sprayed under the drip hose sprinklers. Faurot stands beside a center pivot tower, fiddling with a spigot, aiming it closer to the ground. He turned water on this field two weeks ago and ever since the wheat has sprung up and started marching toward harvest. kAm~?6 @7 E96 =2DE 4@?G6CD2E:@?D u2FC@E 925 H:E9 9:D 8C2?5A2 :? E96 9@DA:E2= H2D 23@FE 2 ?6H :CC:82E:@? E649?@=@8J @?
2025 Four State Farm Show

1 month ago | farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey |Nick Rex

Previous Virtual fence: Technology for keeping animals where you want… Traditional fencing, such as permanent boundary fences made … Next Up Duckling down It pains me to write this... well, type this, you see I suff… This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Four State Farm Show, and ag enthusiasts from far and wide gathered in Pittsburg, Kansas, to celebrate.