Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

K-State Research and Extension will host a field day at Columbus on September 26. The event will start at the Cherokee County 4-H building located at 114 W. Country Rd. in Columbus. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with the … Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging Kansas livestock producers who have experienced drought related grazing losses over the last few years to contact their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office soon in order to sign up for assistance … Continue reading →

Mark your calendars and RSVP for the KSFGC Summer Field Day and Alfalfa Crop Insurance Listening Session to be held south of Larned, KS on September 17.  Field Day Brochure  

With a target launch in the 2016 hay season, Vermeer recently demonstrated their prototype, continuous round baler (CRB) for the media. While not ready to unveil the weight, cost, or capacity of the machine, Vermeer employees suggest that the reductions, … Continue reading →

The old saying “Necessity Is the Mother of Invention” is most certainly true when Valuing Corn Silage and Other Forages Spreadsheet was created. Michael Vogt, former Marshall County Extension Agriculture Agent and now a Kansas Farm Management Association-Northeast Agricultural Economist, … Continue reading →

The bulk of summer is past and forage conditions are improved for cattle production in many parts of the country. The latest pasture and range conditions indicate that overall range and pasture conditions in the U.S. are 20 percent poor … Continue reading →

Most producers plant spring oats in spring. However, spring oats can be planted in late summer as well for fall and early winter grazing. Spring oats will die out after the first hard freeze in the mid 20’s. Oats are … Continue reading →

An Alfalfa/Alfalfa-Grass Mixtures Crop Insurance Listening Session will be held on Wednesday, September 17, south of Larned, Kansas as part of the Kansas Forage and Grassland Council’s Summer Field Day.  The Listening Session, one of four across the US, will … Continue reading →

Mark your calendars, the Kansas Forage & Grassland Council will be holding a summer field day on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, south of Larned Kansas beginning at 10:00 am. The field day will highlight alfalfa research occurring in Kansas and … Continue reading →

“Proper moisture content may be the most important aspect to making good silage,” says Bruce Anderson, agronomy and forage specialist with the University of Nebraska. “Silage harvested too wet and immature reduces yield per acre. It can result in nutrient … Continue reading →