INFO BOX: Want a demonstration of the VandWater app? Call Ashton Redd at (785) 527-9041 or email ashton.redd@vandwater.com. Drop by Drop App helps producers, water users track quantities they use Story and photos by Erin Mathews [BELLEVILLE] In Kansas, every drop...

Silent Shade Planting Company used VandWwater for a season and scepticism turned into enthusiasm. It was clear that VandWater could significantly enhance voluntary metering efforts and help benchmark irrigation practices across farms Silent Shade Planting...

Water shapes every decision on Bestifor Farms in Belleville, Kansas, a small community in the north-central region of the state that receives about 28 inches of rainfall annually. For decades, irrigation wells in Kansas have had meters that measure water use, and...

Sustainability isn’t new to agriculture. Producers have always understood that their livelihood and legacy depend on good stewardship. But how sustainability is practiced is changing on operations. The Frontier Farm Credit survey of agricultural producers showed...

PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS, US — Amber Wave on Oct. 27 launched production at its wheat protein facility using an investment from Summit Agricultural Group. The company said this wheat protein facility will be the largest in North America and features “the latest...

Shipping Giant Tests Driverless Trucks at Shipping YardA.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable. Maersk is experimenting with...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- When the International Trade Fair descended on Zagreb in 1957, the surprise hit wasn’t the helicopter rides or machinery displays, but a life-size, functioning replica of a US supermarket. Constructed as the centerpiece of the US...