Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

The Kansas Range Youth Camp is taking place Camp Mennoscah near Murdock, KS on June 14th-17th! The Kansas Range Youth Camp is designed to give the students a basic understanding of what rangeland is, the components of rangeland ecosystems, and management of … Continue reading →

Rotation grazing is recognized as a way to utilize pastures and forages more efficiently.  A collaboration of experts from K-State Research and Extension and the Natural Resource Conservation Service are joining together to offer a two-day event.  2022 marks the 9th Eastern Kansas … Continue reading →

The K-State Sheep Day will be held Saturday, April 30 at Shannon Creek Lamb, 5025 Hwy 16, Olsburg, Kansas. Registration begins at 8:30 am. In the morning, you will rotate through informational stations on facility considerations, technology utilization, record keeping, … Continue reading →

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PROGRESSIVE FORAGE – Carbon market programs can offer agricultural producers strong incentives to implement practice changes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health. Some programs, like Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), also provide additional ecosystem services credit opportunities … Continue reading →

Alfalfa weevils (see fig 1) have been hatching from eggs over about the last two weeks. However, they have not been developing very quickly, nor has the alfalfa, at least throughout north central Kansas. There will be more larvae. This … Continue reading →

HAY & FORAGE GROWER – Hitting the desired harvest stage of maturity on any forage crop is difficult, but perhaps no class offers a greater challenge than small grains. “Whatever stage you target, you’ll probably hit the next one,” said … Continue reading →

Spring seeding of alfalfa will be happening soon. Todays Two Minute Tuesday looks at some management plans for this valuable crop we are about to put in the ground.

Join other graziers from across the state of Kansas in a telephone conversation with grazing management experts Barry Barber, Gary Kilgore, and Keith Harmony on Monday, August 8th, 2022 from 7:30 to 9:00pm These informal discussions cover all aspects of … Continue reading →

Attention friend of Kansas Agriculture, The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking for your assistance to participate in the 2022 Kansas Agriculture Workforce. If you have already completed this survey you may disregard this email and is thanked by all. … Continue reading →