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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY – Kansas State Research and Extension, in cooperation with Oklahoma State University Extension, will be conducting a multi-state post fire, pasture and range management meeting on May 18, 2017, starting at 9:00 A.M. at the Snake Creek … Continue reading →

Cowley County Conservation District – The Conservation District along with several other groups are sponsoring a Soil Health Cover Crop Grazing Field Day on May 23, 2017. The program begins at 9:00 am and busses will load at the Cowley … Continue reading →

Western Kansas Agricultural Research Center-Hays – KSU research staff will again be holding their Cover Crop Field Day at K-State’s HB Ranch on Friday, May 19, 2017. The registration and welcome will begin at 9:30 AM with the program following. … Continue reading →

GREATPLAINSGRAZING.ORG – Healthy soils may help buffer agricultural systems in the Southern Great Plains (SGP) against increasingly variable and extreme precipitation events, higher temperatures, and more prolonged and intense droughts. Healthy, organic-matter-rich soils do not erode as readily as soils … Continue reading →

KANSAS NRCS – Kansas has 243 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts that are expiring this year that encompass 408,805 acres. The cut-off date for renewing contracts that expire December 31, 2017 is May 5, 2017. By renewing, producers will benefit from … Continue reading →

PROGRESSIVE FORAGE – Picture this: a tall, green field of corn growing like glory but struggling with what looks like a serious weed problem. Hang on a minute, those aren’t weeds, they’re alfalfa seedlings. Come again? The idea of interseeding … Continue reading →

As part of KSFGC’s overall mission to strengthen the Kansas Forage Industry, the KSFGC Awards Program plays a key role by recognizing those individuals or groups providing leadership and making outstanding efforts, innovations and/or contributions to the Kansas Forage Industry. … Continue reading →

And Don’t Forget: The two triticale field days offered April 25 and 26 at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. between Lakin and Ulysses. Triticale Field Day April 2017 PROGRESSIVE FORAGE – Triticale is the result of crossing wheat and rye, combining … Continue reading →

KANSAS INSECT NEWSLETTER – Alfalfa weevil populations in north central Kansas seem to be developing as expected. Fields sampled this week that had not yet been treated had greatly reduced foliage and were showing obvious signs of significant larval feeding, … Continue reading →

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY – The Southeast Agricultural Research Center will again be hosting their Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Mound Valley Community Center, 505 Hickory, Mound Valley, KS. Registration will begin … Continue reading →