Extension News & Insight

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

4 years ago By News Staff

Body The increased commodity prices we are currently experiencing have many cattle producers considering the costs associated with their feeding and management programs for weaning calves this fall. Here are a few tips that might aid cost conscientious producers.

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

5 years ago By News Staff

Body How to Avoid Being Bitten by Mosquitos Female mosquitoes are out-and-about biting people outdoors to obtain a blood meal for reproduction (egg laying).

Insight

5 years ago By Greg Doering Kansas Farm Bureau

Body The big story in agriculture today is how carbon is going to be the next cash crop for farmers and ranchers. There are lots of headlines about how changing agricultural practices can remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the soil.

Anna Schremmer, K-State Research & Extension Family Consumer Science Agent for Phillips-Rooks District #5

5 years ago By News Staff

Body How to Cook Sweet Corn: 5 Simple Ways It’s getting close! The time of year when the sweet corn is ready to eat! Dad always planted sweet corn when he planted the field corn. I remember going and checking to see if the corn was ready.

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

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, refer to a dense growth of algae with the potential for creating toxins or other nuisance compounds. In freshwater, most HABs are composed of blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria.

Anna Schremmer, K-State Research & Extension Family Consumer Science Agent for Phillips-Rooks District #5

5 years ago By News Staff

Body July is Family Picnic Month! I love picnics! Time seems to slow down, relaxation sets in, and stress melts away.

Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau

5 years ago By Glenn Brunkow Pottawatomie County Farmer And Rancher

Body This is the season of busy here in the ag world. It seems as though we are simultaneously in wheat harvest, crop planting, haying and there are always things to do with the livestock.

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

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Bagworms Now is the time to be looking for bagworms.

Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau

5 years ago By News Staff

Body “It is a truth universally accepted that a farmer in want of good conversation must remark on the weather.” For anyone who is not a fan of Jane Austen, I should explain that the previous statement is a bit of a play on the opening of her famous novel “Pride & Prejudice.”

Anna Schremmer, K-State Research & Extension Family Consumer Science Agent for Phillips-Rooks District #5

5 years ago By News Staff

Body You picked the green beans, snapped, washed and blanched them. Now for processing them for winter. You get the pressure canner out, check the jars, wash and sterilize them. The flats and rings have been washed and readied for putting on the jar.