Agriculture
Fall Control of Woody Plants on Rangeland
Late summer and fall can be an excellent time to treat unwanted stands of woody plants. Scattered stands of individual trees should either be...
Agriculture
Keep kids safe this harvest
Keeping children safe while they live, play and work on farms can be challenging. It’s even more difficult during harvest season – a peak...
Agriculture
The risks of planting wheat too early
The general target date for planting wheat for optimum grain yields in Kansas is within a week of the best pest management planting date,...
Agriculture
Seeding Wheat
Wheat seeding rate recommendations in Kansas are in pounds of seed per acre and vary according to precipitation zone. However, seed size can have...
Agriculture
Grain everywhere
Throughout most of the Sunflower State, fall crops wait for combines to begin harvest. Abundant rainfall during the last week of August and the...
Agriculture
Harvesting Sunflowers
Sunflowers are usually ready to be harvested beginning in mid-September and into October. Seed heads can ripen on the plant, but they will need...
Agriculture
Have another slice of cheese
What would a sweltering summer day be like without an occasional stop at the local ice cream parlor for a couple scoops?
Can you imagine...
Agriculture
Develop dialogue
More often than we’d like to admit we sometimes shoot ourselves in the foot when talking about the challenges we face in farming and...
