There is little information available on specific forage cover crops mixtures that optimizes productivity, nutritive value, and profitability. A study done in Western Kansas has some interesting results to read the brief research abstract or full study, click on link.
Single and multispecies dual-purpose cover crop productivity, nutritive value, and profitability
Kansas Fence Law Seminar
Wheat Variety Yield Data
Cleaning out and fixing leaking farm ponds
If you are like me and missed the livestream of the KS. Fence Law Seminar conducted by Roger McEowen, Washburn University School of Law, and K-State Ag Law Professor, don’t fret. Below is the link to the recording!
https://www.agmanager.info/ag-law-and-human-resources/ag-law-issues/kansas-fence-law-seminar
To view K-State Research & Extension Centers wheat performance tests, Cottonwood Extension wheat demo. plot tests, to use the Colorado Wheat Variety Database decision aid tool, and to reference the KS. Wheat Variety Guide 2022, formerly the “Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings, go to www.cottonwood.ksu.edu click on Crops and Livestock and look under Hot Topics for the links.
With the dry weather, many farm/livestock watering ponds may be dried up this summer. If you need to clean them out or to repair a leaking pond, click onto the links below for info. and tips. Remember when cleaning out, don’t pile the dirt by the pond, most of it will eventually be back in the pond, put it on the back-side of the dam.
https://hayspost.com/posts/8feb58cd-5065-4e09-8e36-c84fb2893c1b
Do you need margin protection insurance? Do you want to get a weekly cattle market report and grain market outlook, or hear the latest on the Ukraine-Russia conflict – agricultural ramifications? If so go to the K-State Research & Extension Agricultural Economics web site, www.agmanager.info to listen to any of these radio recordings, previous conference proceedings and seminars.