Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

05-14-19 Hay Report FINAL

RANGE EAST – Researchers at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center in Hays have found that a grazing system shown to be beneficial for the performance of steers also has great potential for cow-calf producers. For several years, beef … Continue reading →

HAY & FORAGE GROWER – In an effort to publicize the results of research funded through the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research Initiative, better known as the Alfalfa Checkoff, NAFA has teamed with Hay & … Continue reading →

05-07-19 Hay Report FINAL

04-30-19 Hay Report FINAL

REMINDER – USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has established a new acreage reporting deadline for perennial forage for 2019 and subsequent years. Previously set in the fall, the new deadline is July 15 for all states, except for Hawaii and … Continue reading →

Alfalfa weevil development is/has proceeded quite rapidly, and many fields have required an insecticide application. . . . Read More

04-23-19 Hay Report FINAL

BLUE WATER OUTLOOK – The unseasonably wet El Niño winter and early spring should bolster livestock grazing conditions for much of the central Plains states including Kansas. One upside to the recently harsh winter is that we have seen fewer … Continue reading →

The most recent Flint Hills Prescribed Fire Update can be found here. According to KDHE, prescribed fires have been implemented on 2.2 million acres of Flint Hills rangeland (March 15 to April 14, 2019). Preliminary air quality data indicates that … Continue reading →