Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
Protecting Your Home from Wildfire Wildfires have always been part of the Kansas landscape.
Extension News & Insight
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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
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.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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
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
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.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
Price Risk Management for Cow-Calf Producers: Part 8 Cow-calf producers use various strategies to manage price risk, including futures and options. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) is a type of livestock price insurance that typically costs less than a put option.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
Cow-calf producers use various strategies to manage price risk, including futures and options. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) is a type of livestock price insurance that typically costs less than a put option.
Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau
The wheat is greening, the fruit trees are blooming and spring planting is in full swing. One day the temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees, and then two days later we received a dusting of snow. Needless to say, it’s all part of spring in Kansas!
Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau
Wading Into Water Glenn Brunkow Pottawatomie County farmer and rancher Water, it is the most important resource we have, not just in agriculture but humanity as a whole. It is an extraordinarily complex and difficult issue.
