It’s a most natural cycle. Forages are fed to livestock that produce manure, and manure is returned to the soil to provide the nutrients to produce the next crop. After all, it’s what has happened on pastures and rangelands for millennia.

For farmers wanting to take the next step in precision ag management, measuring soil electrical conductivity (EC) adds another drawer to the toolbox of information at their disposal.

It is clear that precision agriculture is quickly becoming conventional agriculture within grain production. You can find GPS in tractors, sprayers and spreaders across the country. Farmers can now precisely apply expensive and crucial inputs at varying rates across their fields.

Nevada is the driest state in the U.S., is the fastest-growing state in the nation over the last 10 years and is the most urbanized state in the nation (a majority of people live in Las Vegas and Reno).

On May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act into law, establishing the Cooperative Extension Service. In the 100 years that have elapsed, extension agents and educators at the national, state and local level have been leaders in an epic agricultural revolution.

Our morning starts just as God gives us daylight. Most days, it seems it starts only minutes after we go to sleep – because we’re exhausted and because it really has only been a few hours since we lay our heads down, thanking God for another blessed day.