Farm Talk Newspaper

1 week ago | farmtalknews.com | Lisa Moser

Managing sickness from a cold to a serious illness is something people deal with regularly. Illness and death loss in a cow herd are also situations that cattle producers have to routinely address. To help producers know where their herd health metrics should be, the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute offered some guidelines in their weekly Cattle Chat podcast.

1 week ago | farmtalknews.com | Pat Melgares

It’s crunch time for homeowners and others who manage warm-season grasses in Kansas. “Turfgrasses should be fertilized when they are actively growing,” said K-State horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini, who manages the university’s Horticulture Response Center. “For warm-season grasses, that time is here.” Domenghini said late spring and early summer fertilizer applications are ideal for bermudagrass, buffalograss and zoysiagrass.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks ago | farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey

Faith, honor, loyalty, dignity, pride, and diligence. These are the six words written at the top of Lynn Gregory’s workshop door. These are six words he lived by. Lynn Gregory was a native Kansas farmer, rancher, husband, and father, devoted to his family and the Lord. From September 10th, 1942, to March 4th, 2025, Lynn served the world, its creatures, and his community.

2 weeks ago | farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey

On Saturday, May 17th, Mid America Farm and Ranch hosted their Customer Appreciation Day in Talala, Oklahoma. Customers enjoyed free BBQ, a mechanical bull, and goat roping while shopping an exclusive storewide sale. (Photos by Lauren Dossey)