Imagine, if you will, a tractor pulling a fertilizer wagon travelling at 8 to 9 mph along a field of thousands of sorghum test plants.

Case IH is rolling out a new True-Tandem vertical tillage tool for use beginning in the spring of 2015. The company introduced the True-Tandem 330 Turbo eight years ago.

Nelson Irrigation has released a new model in its Rotator end-of-pivot sprinkler lineup. The R55A can be used to pick up added acreage both throughout the full revolution of the pivot or just in the corners, depending on site specifics and irrigator preferences.

Lee Borck, chairman of Innovative Livestock Services Inc. (ILS) was recognized as Kansas Stockman of the Year at a banquet March 6 in Manhattan, Kansas. The award is presented annually by the Livestock and Meat Industry Council at Kansas State University (KSU).

The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association has undergone several new changes over the past year. (See our interview with Jack Banker last year and the news release about the new logo.) So it's fitting that the association's annual conference has a theme of "Be a Driver of Change."

A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate weighed in this week on the importance of rejecting European Union efforts to restrict the use of common food names, including a variety of popular, well-known cheeses used by U.S. dairy producers and companies.

Meet the competitors BCF Technology Easi-Scan university competition by viewing their team photos and captions.

South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Hampshire and North Dakota are the top five agribusiness-friendly states in America, according to a new report issued by Colorado State University agricultural economists.

Editor's note: Some of this information was presented in the March 12, 2014 InFocus department of Progressive Dairyman. Organic farming is a commitment to agricultural practices that strive for a balance with nature, using methods and materials that are of low impact to the environment. Organic food is produced without using antibiotics, growth or reproductive hormones, persistent pesticides or fertilizers, genetic engineering, cloning or irradiation. Many organic farmers emphasize the use of renewable resources, biodiversity and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations.