Extension News & Insight

Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Riches of Agriculture Greg Doering Kansas Farm Bureau It’s easy to forget today that agriculture is the foundation of civilization. It’s the process that ended our ceaseless following of food and allowed us to settle into cities.

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Repairing Ornamental Plants and Trees from Storm Damage Summer waves of storms that sweep through the area often leave plants and trees bent and broken; others are just jagged stumps. Much of this is temporary, but some damage is permanent.

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Shortgrass rangelands at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center–Hays, have been used for grazing research since the 1940s.

A Day to Remember

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Memorial Day serves in my mind as the unofficial start of the summer, Independence Day the middle, and Labor Day the end. I am aware that this timeframe has inaccuracies, but this engrained set of time landmarks can’t be changed in my mind. And I don’t think I am alone.

A Day to Remember Jackie Mundt, Pratt County farmer and rancher

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Protecting Your Home from Wildfire Wildfires have always been part of the Kansas landscape.

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body ATV Safety It’s summer, which means kids are out of school and enjoying outdoor activities. One activity that can be concerning is off road vehicle operation by kids.

Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau

4 years ago By News Staff

Body It’s beginning to feel and look a lot more like summer is quickly nearing! The kids have wrapped up their school year, the alfalfa is about to bloom, the cows have come home to graze, and the wheat is waving in the warm Kansas winds.

Summer in Sight Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer and rancher

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body May is an excellent time to fertilize cool-season lawns such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass, if they will be irrigated throughout the summer. Non-irrigated lawns often go through a period of summer dormancy because of drought and do not need this fertilization.

Insight from Kansas Farm Bureau

4 years ago By News Staff

Body The saying, “farmers never retire, they farm until they die,” is accurate for my paternal grandfather. Grandpa turned 95 this winter and outside a short Navy deployment at the end of World War II, he has farmed all his life.

Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Plastic mulches have long been known to provide advantages for the vegetable grower including earlier fruiting, increased yields and weed control. More recently, advantages have been noted for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.