Extension News & Insight

Long-time sheep and goat producers can readily list all the standard parasite control measures they have been taught over the years, which include: deworm when fecal ​ examinations are positive, deworm all animals at the same time, place animals onto a clean pasture after deworming, deworm...

The deadline to file for local elections passed recently, and it’s worth thanking every school board hopeful and municipal candidate for their willingness to run. The past 15 months has proven what I’ve long believed — local elections have the biggest impact on the dayto-day lives of Kansans.

There have been a number of trees that have been slow to leaf out. In some cases, this is likely due to accumulated stress. We often think of plants reacting to stress that happened during the current season or possibly the previous year, but it may not be that simple.

One of my favorite summertime activities is making homemade ice cream. When I was in elementary school Mom and Dad milked 10 to 12 cows by hand. They sold milk to the cheese factory at Bogue. Needless to say, we had lots of cream and often made ice cream.

Moo-ve Over for Milk In other articles I have written about milking cows when I was growing up on the farm. We had lots of good quality milk and cooked a lot with cream.

Just the Good Stuff Recently there was an interesting statistic attributed to the Gallup organization that suggests that 75% of us are at some level of disengagement with life. That essentially means that 25% of those surveyed were satisfied (happy) with where they were at in life.

A Little Cup of Joe is All You Need I like my coffee! Just hot black coffee, nothing in it, every morning. When it is cold outside I drink more than I should but it warms me up.