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Save $. Register Today! Early Bird Deadline Ends October 12! AITS 2021 will be held virtually (3 half-day sessions). Companies/Farms registering more than one person will receive a $150 discount per additional registrant. Register Early for NAFA’s 2021 Alfalfa Intensive … Continue reading →

Nathan Marker, Kansas rancher, shares about his experience with goats, multi-species grazing, rotational grazing and more in the latest KGLC blog! Multi-Species Grazing & More Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition provides blog posts once per quarter! This is made possible through our partnership with … Continue reading →

Bromegrass is one of the most important cool-season grasses in the eastern half of Kansas. It grows best during months with cooler weather, primarily March through June and September through November, becoming semi-dormant during the hot, dry summer months. However, … Continue reading →

Hay market prices are steady for alfalfa and grass hay. Demand is fair to good, with trades slow. Producers have been busy in the fields this past week finishing up haying, baling sudan and harvesting corn. According to NASS, corn … Continue reading →

RANGE_EAST – As we head into September, some producers are thinking about seeding winter cover crops in fields currently planted to corn. The successful establishment of winter cover crops is influenced by several factors that are discussed in a previous … Continue reading →

Hay market prices are steady for alfalfa and grass hay. Demand is fair to good, with trades slow. Southeast grass hay movement picked up a bit as buyers are purchasing to help supplement in droughted areas as well as laying … Continue reading →

By Brianna Randall, NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife·Sep 15, 2021 Rex Schmidt and his wife have grazed cattle and farmed for 35 years near Greensburg, Kansas, where the hills break into prairie and birds are abundant in their green pastures. … Continue reading →

When: October 7th, 2021, 1:30 pm Where:  3.5 miles south and 1.5 miles east of the I-70 Westfall and 290th Road exit (exit 233). Caucasian old world bluestem comprised 51% of the vegetative cover of a large 240 acre pasture … Continue reading →

Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist OSU, COWCALF CORNER – A ranching operation is a sustainable forage production and utilization enterprise. With good management, forage is an extremely valuable renewable resource and represents the most … Continue reading →