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Kansas
Joined April 2024
Come see TAPS in action! Join us Sept. 10 in Colby, KS for the KSU-TAPS Twilight Tour & Farm Duel. 🚜 Plot Tours💧 Irrigation + Technology🌽 Corn + Forage Sorghum🤝 Producers, Industry & Researchers 🏈 Dinner + Farm Duel Twilight Tour | 4 PM K-State Northwest Research-Extension Center Dinner & Farm Duel | 6:30 PM City Limits Convention Center RSVP: tinyurl.com/26TAPSTwilightTo… Open to anyone interested in TAPS — come walk the plots, meet the people and test your own decision-making skills! #KSUTAPS #TAPSNetwork #AgTech #PrecisionAg
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Learn how this year’s unusually warm temperatures compare with historical records and what the forecast could mean for freeze timing. Get the latest: agronomy.k-state.edu/eupdate… #kstateagronomy #weather
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Big congrats to Renee, associate director of KSU-TAPS, this year’s Professional Staff Employee of the Year! 🏆 Since 2024, she’s helped grow TAPS to 3 competitions, 60+ teams and 130 entries, with leadership reaching 10 states. Producers are better for her work. 💜 #KStateTAPS
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K-State TAPS X Some of our K-State TAPS work is headed to the stage. Members of the team will present the Irrigation Dashboard at K-State’s Technology Innovation Showcase on Oct. 27 in Manhattan. Come see what we’ve been working on: k-state.edu/digital-ag-advan…
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Baling corn residue can provide extra income, but how much residue should stay in the field? Learn how residue removal can affect soil moisture, erosion, nutrient cycling, and long-term soil health. Read more: agronomy.k-state.edu/eupdate… #kstateagronomy #corn
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From space to the Kansas farm. 🛰️🌾 K-State, @NASA and Flickner Innovation Farm are putting satellite data to work — helping producers manage water, monitor crop health and make better-informed decisions while shaping the tools of the future. k-state.edu/news/articles/20… #KStateAg #NASA @kswateroffice
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From Kansas to Honduras 🌎 K-State agronomy alum Alexis Correira has earned a Fulbright award to study water quality at Lake Yojoa, Honduras’ largest natural lake, in 2027. Her research will connect land use, water quality and community well-being. Congratulations, Alexis! #KStateAg #Fulbright @KStateAgron
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🌽 Come spend part of your Thursday with TAPS. Today’s Twilight Tour & Field Day brings together producers, researchers, Extension and industry to talk irrigation, agronomy, technology and the decisions behind the crop. Walk-ins welcome in Colby! #KSUTAPS
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TAPS is built on partnership. Thank you to the sponsors and partners supporting the 2026 TAPS National Competition and helping create opportunities to test ideas, compare strategies and grow better decisions together. Come meet many of them TOMORROW in Colby:
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🌽 KSU-TAPS Twilight Tour & Farm Duel is TOMORROW in Colby! Join us in the field to see the Corn & Forage Sorghum Water Allocation Competition and TAPS National Competition, then stick around for dinner, networking and Farm Duel. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: k-state.edu/taps/events/
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Join us in Colby Sept. 10 for the KSU-TAPS Twilight Tour + Farm Duel! 🌾 Tour starts at 4 p.m. at the NW Research-Extension Center, followed by dinner and Farm Duel at 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Register: k-state.edu/TAPS #KSUTAPS #KStateAg
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🗓️ TWO WEEKS AWAY! The KSU-TAPS Twilight Tour & Farm Duel is coming to Colby on September 10! Come walk the plots, meet the people behind TAPS, check out the technology and then put your own farm-management skills to the test in Farm Duel. 🏈🌽 Farmers, industry, students, Extension, TAPS participants and anyone interested in agriculture—we want you there! 📍 Colby, Kansas 👉 Register: k-state.edu/taps/events See you in TWO WEEKS!
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Good morning from the TAPS field. 🌅 A sunrise like this is a good reminder that there’s a lot happening behind the scenes of every TAPS season. Early mornings, field checks, data collection, equipment, technology and plenty of people working together to keep the competition moving. We’re grateful for the team, partners and participants who make it possible — and for mornings like this along the way. 📸 Raenette #KSUTAPS #KansasAg
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See ag technology in action at the KSU-TAPS Technology Open House. 📅 July 30 🕛 Noon-2 p.m. CT 📍 K-State Southwest Research-Extension Center, Garden City Walk the plots, explore in-field technologies and learn more about the 2026 competition: k-state.edu/taps/events/taps… #TAPSnetwork #KSUTAPS
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We're gearing up for the 2026 KSU-TAPS Technology Field Day! Join us July 30 in Garden City to explore the technologies featured in this year's competition. More details and registration coming soon. #KSUTAPS #AgInnovation #TAPSnetwork
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Cover crops can do more than protect soil after wheat harvest, they can also help suppress weeds and reduce reliance on herbicides. Learn how choosing the right species and management practices can improve weed control in your cropping system. agronomy.k-state.edu/eupdate… #kstateagronomy
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On today's show of Ag Today we hear from many K-State experts. Jenny Ifft and John Holman join to talk about annual forage insurance and its options. Then, Sarah Ganske and Jeanne Falk Jones hop on to chat about controlling weeds before wheat harvest. agtodayksu.libsyn.com/2201-i…
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The latest eUpdate is full of content on assessing storm-damaged #wheat and #corn, preharvest weed control in wheat, corn leafhopper update, field bindweed control, using spray drones, monitoring cattle comfort, and the new commercial applicators manual. agronomy.k-state.edu/eupdate…
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When will the highest corn price of 2026 occur? Nobody knows. That's what makes grain marketing one of the toughest—and most important—decisions producers make each year. Waiting for the top rarely works. Having a plan does. If you're looking to sharpen your marketing strategy and manage risk, this webinar is worth a listen. 🌽📈 #TAPS #GrainMarketing #FarmManagement #AgEconomics
Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar Via Zoom. No fee. Registration required. Dan O'Brien and Guy Allen look at factors driving current grain markets in 2026, as well as pricing opportunities and strategies. WEBINAR: June 8 | 12:00 pm CT agmanager.info/events/winnin…
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