Extension News & Insight

Spreading caring and kindness Kim Baldwin McPherson County farmer and rancher decorating until after Thanksgiving. The older he gets, the harder the line he seems to take with this belief.

Things to Consider When Marketing Livestock— Lynn Langvardt, JCCC Livestock Sales Lynn Langvardt with JCCC Livestock Sales presented at the Central Kansas Beef Summit on November 14 in Beloit.

We are well on our way into the holiday season. Although, if you have been in any retail store or coffee shop, we have been in the holiday season since roughly Aug. 15. I have to admit I am a sucker for this time of the year.

Water Landscape Plants Before Winter Trees and shrubs need moist soil even during the colder months.

Rural America has always been inhabited by optimists. People who accepted living in remote corners of the country came with challenges and even a little loneliness. Maybe they didn’t have any better options, like the homesteaders who populated Kansas.

Planning for the Third Trimester in Beef Cattle Pregnancy The third trimester of pregnancy is a crucial period because of the rapid growth the fetus undergoes and because it is our opportunity to improve cow body condition prior to calving if needed.

Subbing in the slow season Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer and rancher It’s all downhill from here! While fall harvest continues on our central Kansas farm, the difference from harvesting the corn in August compared to beginning to harvest sorghum now is we can see the finish line ahead of us!

Beef Cattle Management Considerations for November For spring-calving cowherds— If you still need to do so, make plans for weaning calves. Test your forages and have feedstuffs on hand before weaning. Check and clean waterers and prepare weaning/receiving pens.

Fall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm.