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Some of the most valuable data collected in TAPS isn’t visible from the soil surface. This week, TAPS researchers Rayhaan Kabenge and Maxwell Tumwesige, K-State graduate students, installed neutron probe access tubes in the research plots. These tubes are a critical component of the data collection system used throughout the growing season to monitor soil…
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Temperatures hovering near 32°F across northwest Kansas in early May have put the brakes on planting. But the season doesn’t wait, and neither do the decisions that come with it. TAPS competitors know the feeling. It’s May 6. Freeze watches are active, corn planters are sitting idle, and the calendar keeps moving. If you’re feeling the pressure, you’re not imagining it. But before you make calls or change strategies, let’s put this moment…
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The TAPS National Competition Comes to Life in 2026 Colby, Kansas, is not an easy place to farm, and that is exactly why it matters. Rainfall is limited and unpredictable, and most years it arrives at the wrong time. What built this region into one of the most productive agricultural systems in the world was not…
