Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

MANHATTAN – Kansas State University and the Kansas Forage and Grassland Council (KSFGC) will hold its Winter Forage Conference and KSFGC Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at the Webster Conference Center, 2601 North Ohio, Salina, KS. Registration begins … Continue reading →

RANGE EAST – What cover crops can do for you – connecting farm experience with research! This is the theme of a Soil Health and Grazing Field Day hosted by Coffee County Extension and a non-profit organization, Kansas Alliance for … Continue reading →

By Justin Waggoner, Beef Systems Specialist KSU BEEFTIPS – One the more common questions I receive with regard to analytical testing of forages and other feedstuffs is, “I have the sample, now what do I test for or what analysis … Continue reading →

MANHATTAN –The Kansas Forage and Grassland Council (KSFGC) and Kansas State University will hold its Winter Forage Conference and KSFGC Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at the Webster Conference Center, 2601 North Ohio, Salina, KS. Agenda Registration begins … Continue reading →

Extension Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program 2018 Request for Applications (RFA) Announcement North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln  The North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center in conjunction with the Northeast, Southern, and Western Centers … Continue reading →

LIVESTOCK MARKETING INFORMATION CENTER – USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated that U.S. hay production would be close to 132 million tons in 2017, down 3 million tons from last year. Alfalfa hay production is pegged to be down … Continue reading →

By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist OSU COW/CALF CORNER – Although late October has been very warm and “summer-like”, the average first frost date for much of the Southern Plains is here.  Soon a cold front … Continue reading →

(Dr. Don Ball at the 2016 KSFGC Annual Meeting) SAVE THE DATE – The 2017 Kansas Forage and Grassland Conference will be held December 12, 2017 at the Webster Conference Center in Salina, Kansas. A two-tract program is being developed … Continue reading →

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COW/CALF CORNER – Assuming more fall rainfall comes to the Southern Plains, wheat pasture will again be a key source of protein and some energy for many cow herds in this part of the United States.  If that rainfall occurs, … Continue reading →