Extension News & Insight

Body Estimating How Long the Hay Supply Will Last “I have 60 head of mature cows and 300 large round bales of hay on hand. If I start feeding harvested forage today, do I have enough forage to make it through the winter?

Body By Rachael Brooke Rooks County’s Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent Vitamin A deficiency can present with many different clinical signs, but the most common signs are weak or stillborn calves.

Body By Rachael Brooke Rooks County’s Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent November is the time to give Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue lawns the last nitrogen application of the season. Why November?

Body Sampling Procedures for Silage Crops Crops harvested for and stored as silage are by their very nature highly variable with regard to nutrient content because so many factors affect the ensiling process.

Body The biggest bets aren't made at a card table, racetrack or during the Super Bowl. Instead, they happen every day on farms and ranches across the country.

Body By Rachael Brooke Rooks County’s Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent Prolonged heat and drought stress can cause considerable leaf area loss and soybean yield reduction.

Body Waiting for Rain Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer and rancher The morning air has turned crisp, the temperatures have begun to drop, and the sun noticeably rises a little bit later every morning. It is definitely beginning to feel like fall on the farm.

Body Thoughts on Calf Revenue The air is now crisp in the morning, and it won’t be long before we see the glimmer of ice crystals in the water tank. Many producers are weaning and will be marketing calves in the coming weeks and months.

Body Osage orange trees are still common throughout much of the United States, though not many people appreciate just how much the thorny, dense trees have shaped our country.

Body Over the past decade or two, farmhouse décor has been an in vogue style of interior design. It makes me chuckle when I think about people who don’t live on a farm trying to create clean and pretty spaces through white wash, distressed paint and vintage hardware.