Extension News & Insight

Alfalfa Weevil It’s time to start scouting for alfalfa weevil larvae. They have been hatching throughout south central and north central Kansas for the last couple of weeks.

Breaking Down Baking Chocolate: Which Type to Use Who doesn’t love a decadent chocolate dessert? Whether you prefer a chocolate cake, the perfect chocolate covered cherry or super fudgy brownie, cocoa is the main ingredient. But what baking chocolate do you reach for? A bar? Chocolate chips?

Cattle Pest Management Face and horn flies are the most common and most treated pests on livestock operations. Left untreated, these pests can cause significant loss in production.

Help for Vegetable Gardeners Are you new to vegetable gardening or maybe you’re just looking for some information? K-State Research and Extension has publications that can help.

Easter Eggs Springtime brings Easter, and coloring Easter eggs is a favorite of my family. I think it came from the stories my Dad would tell of their Easter egg hunts as kids.

I am going on a rant, and yes, this is a warning. This past weekend was the fateful day that we spring our clocks ahead one hour for Daylight Saving Time. Let me be clear and not mince any words here, I really dislike the time change and, I have yet to find anyone who really likes it.

The other day I was shopping for vegetables and as I was looking at celery, I thought this is one vegetable that people eat a lot of but we don’t know a lot about. Mainly because it is not grown in our gardens.

Have you been ready for the garden season and just can’t wait with the warmer temperatures we’ve been having. Well it’s time to plant potatoes. Anytime from mid- to late-March is fine for potato planting.