Kansas State University crop nutrient specialist Dave Mengel talks about starter fertilizer strategies for corn and grain sorghum, based on soil test results ahead of planting. He also discusses nutrient rates and placement factors for growers to consider.

Ag PhD shares some tips and considerations to grow a better sunflower crop, including weed control, soil tests, fertilizer applications and insect and disease control.

Kansas State University entomologist J. P. Michaud reports on the potential of a new insect threat to Kansas wheat production this year — an aphid poised to move into the central plains. He's asking wheat growers to be on the watch for this pest as wheat breaks dormancy this spring.

Jeff Edwards and J.D. Carlson of Oklahoma State University Extension talk about wheat, identifying first hollow stem, and the Mesonet’s First Hollow Stem Advisor tool.

Did you know that one in five of all known life forms on earth is a beetle? From the Tiny feather-winged beetles to the giant Titan beetle, beetles are found on every continent and have adapted to every terrestrial and fresh water ecosystem.

What happens when living organisms die? They decompose. The basics of the life cycle are well known to most people. In the terrestrial carbon cycle, plants use photosynthesis to harvest energy from the sun and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, storing them as carbon-rich materials in their tissues.

A recent study by a Kansas State University weed scientist finds why the invasive weed kochia is like a cockroach of the plant world.

In theory, grain sorghum should yield just as much as corn in Kansas, given the same amount of fertilizer and with substantially less water, according to Kansas State University agronomist Tesfaye Tesso.