Agriculture & Industry

Wheat, cattle & processing

Large modern dairies are expanding across southwest Kansas, drawn by ample feed, open land, and access to milk processing.

The state's cattle feedlots are deploying technology to monitor animal health, manage feed, and reduce their environmental footprint.

Ethanol producers in Kansas are weighing carbon capture projects that could lower emissions and open access to new markets.

With weather as volatile as ever, federally backed crop insurance continues to underpin the finances of Kansas farms.

More Kansas growers are planting cover crops and adopting no-till practices to rebuild soil, cut erosion, and hold moisture.

New irrigation technology, from soil moisture probes to variable-rate sprinklers, is helping Kansas growers conserve the Ogallala Aquifer.

As the average age of Kansas farmers climbs, families are wrestling with how to pass operations to the next generation, or whether they can.

Decades after its introduction, no-till farming continues to help Kansas producers conserve moisture and protect fragile soils.

After early enthusiasm gave way to oversupply, a smaller group of Kansas hemp growers is charting a more sustainable path.