Extension News & Insight

Body Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Fall is upon us, and with that comes wild bird migration.

Body Beef Cattle Management Considerations • Body condition score (BCS) for both spring and fall-calving cows. Target BCS for spring calves at calving is five for mature cows and six for young females.

Body Outside of holidays, the most important date on the calendar when I was growing up was always the second Saturday of November or the traditional opening of pheasant and quail seasons.

Body Monarch Butterflies Fall is here, and so are the monarch butterflies! You may have noticed them as they embark on their incredible migration. These winged wonders travel thousands of miles to their wintering grounds.

Body October Garden Calendar Vegetables & Fruits • Plant garlic cloves for next summer's harvest. Fall planting gets a jump on spring conditions.

Body Fall Soil Testing of Hay Fields Knowing the soil nutrients is a requirement for establishing an adequate soil fertility program for forages. Soil testing can be done on hayfields in spring or fall.

Body Wheat Insect and Mite Pests Most wheat insect and mite pests may be effectively managed in the fall by planting as late as agronomically feasible and by destroying all volunteer wheat at least two weeks prior to planting.

Body Faith and harvest Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau Corn harvest is ramping up across Kansas and while every field will be different, reports from across the state range from better than expected to a great crop. Prices, however, are just ugly.

Body Test Forages to Prevent Nitrate and Prussic Acid Poisoning Many Kansas livestock operations rely on some type of harvested feed to use in the winter months, and common among those sources are forage sorghum, millets, sorghum- sudangrass, and sudan.