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  • Cropping systems and soil health in Foster County

    Jeff Gale, NDSU Extension Agent, Foster County|Jan 17, 2022

    Winter wheat, soybeans and grain sorghum were the common crops in northeast Kansas when I was growing up. A field of corn was a rare sight. The corn varieties at the time didn't perform well during hot, dry Kansas summers. We grew grain sorghum (also called "milo") because it was a reliable crop under our growing conditions. It also made reasonably good livestock feed. That's not to say that grain sorghum didn't have problems. Timely pesticide application was needed nearly every year to control...