Starting September 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial aid to help conserve working grass, range and pasture lands.

Jeff and Kent Need no-till about 1,500 acres of corn and soybeans, and seed cover crops, near Frankfort, Ind. Jeff says his grandfather was a huge proponent of conservation and his uncle has success no-tilling soybeans, which inspired Jeff and Kent to begin no-tilling more than decades ago. They see no-till practices as necessary to preserve the rolling to gently rolling fields they’re farming.

Are crop-insurance rules discouraging you from using cover crops on your farm? If so, the National Wildlife Federation would like to hear from you.

With winter wheat already growing on half of their acres, Willis Jepson says the family has turned to cover crops to see how they can get the rest of their acres covered.

A group of wheat millers from one of the biggest international customers of U.S. hard red winter wheat recently made what has become an annual pilgrimage to Kansas to take in the wheat harvest. Marsha Boswell has more on this week's Kansas Wheat Scoop, presented by Kansas State University Extension.

The fungal disease known as ergot (caused by Claviceps purpurea), is developing in South Dakota wheat, rye, and triticale fields. Cool, damp spring weather during flowering followed by the warm/hot summer temperatures caused the ergot development.

The Southwestern Colorado Research Center has received a $249,269 grant to study how using cover crops can improve soil health for dryland farmers.