Extension News & Insight

Body Pest Control on Fruit Trees It can be a challenge to know how to spray fruit trees for pest control. Spray schedules will vary depending on whether the trees have fruit or not.

Body Cow Herd Mineral Supplementation When thinking about meeting the nutritional needs of beef cow-calf herds, the first focus should be on the ability of the base forage to meet the energy and protein needs of the various groups of cattle on the ranch that differ by age and...

Body Water the Landscape Much of Kansas is in a severe or exceptional drought this spring. Therefore, watering now is very important to help alleviate moisture stress even in your windbreak.

Body By Glenn Brunkow Pottawatomie County farmer and rancher I don’t know about you, but spring is here and I am ready for it. After a cold winter, there is nothing better than the sun on your face that first warm spring day.

Body Backyard Poultry Backyard poultry can offer families the opportunity to raise their own meat and eggs. There are basics for purchasing and raising new chicks that will make up your backyard flock.

Body Cow-Calf Checklist for April 2023 Cowherd management Evaluate Body Condition Score (BCS) and adjust nutrition for spring-calving females going into breeding. Ensure thin (BCS less than 4.0) females are on an increasing plane of nutrition. Females in a BCS greater than 6.

Body Establishing a Wildflower Area Native grasses and many native wildflowers do well within a wide pH range. Any pH between 5.5 and 8 should work.

Body Leaching Houseplants Everyone knows that someone stranded in the ocean should not drink the water. This is because the salt content of that water will make a bad situation worse. However, many people don’t realize this principle can harm plants.

Body It’s farm bill time again. The discussions are beginning to happen and starting to heat up. Over the past couple of months, the talks have switched from continuing on with a farm bill with similar policies as the 2018 version or options that are dramatically different.

Body Start Trees off Right Research from K-State’s John C. Pair Horticultural Center has quantified the effect of controlling grasses around newly planted trees.