Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

The Bluestem Pasture Survey provides reliable, accurate information to Kansas ranchers and the agricultural community as a whole. The survey asks about native tallgrass pasture availability, leasing rates, and fencing rates.

Several prescribed fire, burn schools are being added to the 2023 calendar. Be on the lookout for more information regarding the July 27, Burn School at the Z Bar Ranch, the August 17 Pasture Burn School at Silver Lake, KS, … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report on June 27th, demand remains good, trade activity slow to moderate, and prices dropped significantly lower in the last two weeks for grinding alfalfa. However, there is an undertone of strength to the grass hay … Continue reading →

By Kathy Voth August 1, 2022 [From 2022] Earlier this summer I wrote about adapting to new climate normals and what warmer temperatures, longer droughts and more extreme weather events mean for agriculture. It was a kind of bleak picture, and I … Continue reading →

By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist – COWCALF CORNER This week we re-visit the potential benefits of creep grazing.  While creep feeding, based on grains, has been studied in the animal science field for many … Continue reading →

Shared by Dr. Carol Baldwin, RANGE EAST – Many ranchers/farmers have grown tired of the increasing animal (and financial) losses and the associated human stress caused by calving during more extreme February and March weather. Calving on grass has become … Continue reading →

The June 30, USDA Acreage Survey Report showed both U.S. and Kansas, harvested hay acreage as up from 2022. U.S. All hay acreage, at 51.98 million acres is up 4.9% from a year ago and alfalfa acreage estimated for harvest … Continue reading →

KSU BEEFTIPS by Helen Giefer, ASI graduate student with KC Olson, ruminant nutritionist While Caucasian and yellow bluestem – collectively referred to as old-world bluestems – continue to spread across the state of Kansas, promising new research may provide landowners with new hope for controlling … Continue reading →

With the Annual Forage insurance sign up deadline of July 15, this article is MUST reading. By Dr. Jennifer Ifft (jifft@ksu.edu) – K-State Department of Agricultural Economics, John Holman – K-State Department of Agronomy, Western Kansas, and Sylvanus Gaku– K-State … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report demand remains good, trade activity slow to moderate, and prices remained mostly steady. New crop production outlook is overall slightly positive with the abundance of rain and bales slowly hitting the ground as prices continue … Continue reading →