High Plains Journal

If there is one thing the summer has, it’s heat. Along with heat, we also experience long sunny days and usually a lack of moisture. All of the factors can make it very difficult to grow healthy fruits and vegetables, let alone spend time in the garden. So, can fruits get sunburned?

Yes, not only can they get sunburned, but summer weather can also cause tomatoes to...

Cool-season grasses, like the tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass lawns common to many parts of Kansas, have had about enough of summer.

The state’s high temperatures – 100 degrees and higher in many parts – and sporadic rainfall often cause cool-season varieties to become thin by summer’s end. September typically signals a good time to replenish those stands, said K...

July had plenty of heat and humidity. That moisture in the air helped to fuel some severe storms. Some areas picked up beneficial rains with the storms, but that wasn’t the case everywhere.

There were several instances in July where strong ridges of high pressure were built in and that led to widespread heat waves, which persisted for many da...

With crop prices facing pressure from strong global supplies and production costs remaining elevated, producers are entering the 2027 season with tighter profit margins. For experts like Bob Maltsbarger, senior research economist with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, those conditions highlight the importance of strong financial man...

Numbers do not lie, but in the current economic environment they tell a different story in agriculture, according to a keynote speaker at High Plains Journal’s Crops and Cattle Conference and Ag Expo Aug. 6 in Kansas City, Missouri.

In 2026, net farm income is projected at $153.4 billion.

“You have a situation where the livestock sector is bringin...