Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

Silage Seminar to be Held on May 25, 2016

KSU-SWREC – Silage producers are invited to an evening with renowned silage expert and K-State Emeritus Professor, Dr. Keith Bolsen on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. at the K-State Southwest Research-Extension Center, 4500 E Mary Street, Garden City, … Continue reading →

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Beef Cattle and Forage Field Day Set for May 5

The KSU Southeast Agricultural Research Center is set to hold their annual “BEEF CATTLE AND FORAGE CROPS FIELD DAY,” on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Mound Valley Community Center, 505 Hickory, Mound Valley, KS. Registration begins at 8:30 am … Continue reading →

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Beef Cattle & Forage Crops Field Day on May 5

* Mark Your Calendars! The Southeast Kansas Beef Cattle & Forage Crops Field Day will be held on May 5, 2016 in Mound Valley, Kansas. Registration begins at 8:30 am with the program following at 9:00 am. * Alfalfa weevils … Continue reading →

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Farmers Encouraged to Participate in Cover Crop Survey

The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), the USDA Sustainable Research and Education (SARE) Program and the American Seed Trade Association are conducting a cover crop survey to gather information on whether or not producers are planting cover crops. The fourth … Continue reading →

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Management following a wildfire: Effects on vegetation and soils

KSU eUPDATE – The dry conditions throughout much of Kansas have led to an increased danger of wildfires. This has occurred already in the form of a massive wildfire in Barber, Comanche, Pratt, and surrounding counties this month. This is … Continue reading →

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Alfalfa Condition Update

KANSAS INSECT NEWSLETTER – Once again we are in the midst of a typical Kansas spring with warm, bordering on hot, windy conditions interspersed with cold, windy conditions. However, rainfall (or moisture in any form) has been pretty much lacking … Continue reading →

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Graze cropping: A new look at cover crops

By Jamie Keyes, a freelance writer based in Utah PROGRESSIVE FORAGE GROWER – Across the nation, farmers are using different practices to care for the land and harvest healthy crops. One particular Kansas farmer found a new way to improve … Continue reading →

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Feeder style affects forage loss

FEEDSTUFFS MAGAZINE – Topics presented at the Midwest Section meetings of the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Assn. in Des Moines, Iowa, ranged from basic “proof-of-concept” laboratory bench-top research to applied “in-the-field” studies. On the … Continue reading →

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You can help stockmen impacted by Kansas wildfire

MANHATTAN – As the wildfire in Barber and Comanche counties continues to burn, more than 400,000 acres of pasture and farmland have been consumed. Farm, ranch and industry groups continue efforts to help affected livestock producers. Kansas Farm Bureau has created … Continue reading →

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Plan 2016 forage management now

COW/CALF CORNER – A Newsletter from the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service The economic basis for cow-calf production is growing grass and using cows to harvest the grass. Feed costs are typically the largest component of annual cow costs in cow-calf … Continue reading →

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