Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

Video: Adaptive Grazing 101: How to Take Your Soil’s Temperature

In Part 12 of Pasture Project’s video series on adaptive grazing, we look at soil temperature at several sites within a pasture and note the effect of ground cover on temperature. Adaptive grazing promotes extensive ground cover that shades the … Continue reading

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Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition: Prescribed Burning Video Series

Kansas Grazing Lands and Coalition hosts a variety of video series that will cover a variety of topics such as burn techniques and fire importance, behavior, location, safety, crews, and much more. Evergy will be in partnership with the Kansas … Continue reading

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Flint Hills Wildland Fire Update

The weekly update on the Flint Hills wildland fires is provided in this segment. This report is provided weekly to keep stakeholders up-to-date on fires, smoke, and air quality in the surrounding areas. Click here to view more. You can … Continue reading

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John E. Baylor Memorial Forage & Livestock Scholarship

The Forage & Grassland Foundation is offering scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for college students entering their sophomore, junior or senior year with a major related to the growing and/or feeding of forage to livestock.To find more information Click Here.Application Form Applications are due April 1, 2022.

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W-L Alfalfa: Spring Seeding Alfalfa Management

Alfalfa seeding for spring is rapidly approaching and we want you to be prepared as well as possible. Today’s video clip brought to you by W-L Alfalfa looks at some spring seeding management practices that will aid in achieving a … Continue reading

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Salt Cedar/Tamarisk Management & Control

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. MST Hamilton County Fairgrounds Community Building • Syracuse, Kansas 806 S. Main, Syracuse, Ks Register Online Now At: pljv.org/salt-cedar-workshop

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KSU Agronomy eUpdate: Wheat variety fall forage yield comparison for 2021-2022

The weather experienced during the fall is crucial to determine the average level of forage yield. As warm and moist weather typically results in greater forage yield than cool and dry weather conditions, management practices also help maximize forage yield. … Continue reading

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“Defend the Core” – Fighting back against woody invaders on the Great Plains by Brianna Randall

Great Plains landowners are at a war with woody species as a shift in strategy is long overdue. Instead of chasing the invasion, WLFW is prioritizing prevention care for the best remaining intact grasslands in order to keep them productive … Continue reading

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W-2 Alfalfa: Alfalfa Harvest as a Management Tool

Dairy quality alfalfa hay production is a goal many alfalfa producers desire to achieve. One of the biggest detriments to achieving that goal is harvest delay. HarvXtra alfalfa varieties from W-L Alfalfas allow for up to a 10-day harvest delay … Continue reading

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UNL: Planning for Cover Crops to be Forage by Brad Schick

To make grazing, haying or ensiling possible a plan must be in place in order for it to be successful. No matter what season planting takes place, it’s always important to have a plan. Once seeded our forages need about … Continue reading

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