Consider on-farm storages By Richard C. Snell Barton County Extension Agent, agriculture Once again it's deja vu all over again.

Grain bids all sharply higher Grains were all sharply higher Nov. 16 as buying spree entered the commodity market with strong outside support from a sharply higher gold market, higher crude oil and a strong rally in the stock market, according to the National Grain Market Summary. A slumping dollar also lent support to the markets. With another round of rain and in some areas snow across the Midwest delaying corn harvest should continue to support the corn market.

Kansas farmer tries growing peanuts HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP)--If he's been called any nicknames, they haven't been to his face, Rice County farmer Clark Schmidt says with a grin. Yet, he figures he's been the talk of the local elevator and morning coffee shops for his 65-acre peanut field not far from Sterling. Peanuts in a state known for wheat production, after all, aren't typical.

Champion refrigerator potato rolls make holiday baking a breeze Nothing welcomes a family home for the holidays like the great aroma of fresh bread baking in the oven. Cindy Falk, nutrition educator for Kansas Wheat, says simple refrigerator yeast dough can be used to easily accomplish what seems like a difficult task during the busy holiday season. Champion Refrigerator Potato Rolls, an award-winning favorite recipe of Falk's own family, is an easy, convenient bread recipe that can be made...

Cotton, sorghum harvest past half-way mark New Mexico There were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 15, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Mexico Field Office, Nov. 16. Topsoil moisture was 25 percent very short, 41 percent short and 34 percent adequate.

Farmers playing catch up Kansas Temperatures were mild during the week ending Nov. 15 with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas Field Office, Nov. 16. Tribune had the coldest temperature for the week with a low of 27 degrees.

Mild weather aids harvest progress Oklahoma Mild weather was experienced across the state during the week ending Nov. 15, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nov. 16. Measurable precipitation was received in all nine districts, although no district received more than an inch of rainfall.

Conventional ag production has economical, environmental advantages With little or no new farmland to exploit, farmers will have to become more productive in the future in order to continue to provide feed, food and fiber for the world, according to Alex Avery, director of research and education for the Hudson Institute. "Global food demand will at least double, and more likely triple, over the next 50 years," he told a group at the Feeding Quality Forum held in South Sioux City, Neb., Nov. ...

Continued dry weather advances harvest Missouri Continued dry weather during the week ending Nov. 15 allowed producers to greatly advance harvest and fieldwork, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Missouri Field Office, Nov. 16. Toward the end of the week producers were finishing up soybean harvest and switching to corn.

Despite moisture, work continues Wyoming Even though Wyoming received some moisture during the week ending Nov. 15, the working conditions remained good, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Wyoming Field Office, Nov. 16. Some areas received small snow accumulations with more snow in high mountains.

Dry weather helps harvest progress Nebraska For the week ending Nov. 15, another warm, dry week across much of the state allowed harvest to progress, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, Nov.16. Corn harvest approached the halfway mark and is now three weeks behind average.

Most of state gets some moisture Colorado Most of the state received moisture near the end of the week due to a snowstorm, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Colorado Field Office, Nov. 16. Winter wheat progressed to 94 percent emerged by the end of the week, 6 percentage points behind the 5-year average.