The Reports are Out, and They Show That Ag Practices are Changing

By establishing Water and Energy Progress, a project that looks solely at the innovative water and energy saving practices of Kansas farmers and ranchers, I believe we are ahead of the curve when it comes to facilitating conversation that is geared towards educating the public and other producers.

Heartland Voices: USDA Rural Utilities Service

USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino shares his perspectives on water & energy issues in rural communities.

Wendell Nicholas & Eldon Schmidt, leading the way in SDI

Eldon Schmidt

Eldon Schmidt is a long-time irrigator that farms north of Copeland, Kansas. His farmstead and his fields have that well managed look; a place that gives one the impression that the place is tended by someone who cares....

Richard Wenstrom, an Early Adopter and Innovator

Richard Wenstrom farms in southern Edwards county of Kansas, an area where annual rainfall and sandy soils combine to make dryland farming a risky proposition but it is also an area underlain by the Big Bend Prairie portion of the High...

Dialogue is key to Ag Policy Changes

Dialogue between ag producers and leaders is the key to addressing policy barriers to innovative practices