The Meadowlark Extension District is hosting or co-hosting the following learning opportunities in the coming weeks. Reproduction Revisited Reproduction is the most important factor on a modern dairy farm. Getting…
Read MoreThe Meadowlark Extension District is hosting or co-hosting the following learning opportunities in the coming weeks. Reproduction Revisited Reproduction is the most important factor on a modern dairy farm. Getting…
Read MoreIt’s a busy time for farmers in Kansas, with harvest underway, and hay season in full swing. The Kansas Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists to use more caution…
Read MoreAs part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will resume accepting applications…
Read MoreMuch needed rain finally fell last week, in all totaling approximately 2-1/2 inches. This moisture came following an exceedingly long, cold, dry winter and a lack of significant rainfall this…
Read MoreSubmitted by Kitra Cooper U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension Service to help military veterans…
Read MoreSubmitted by Kitra Cooper The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting disaster assistance program applications on June 4 from agricultural producers who suffered livestock, honeybees, farm-raised fish and…
Read MoreSubmitted by David Hallauer The annual Meadowlark Extension District Wheat Variety Plot Tour will be hosted once again by plot cooperators Doug and Leonard Edelman at their farm, four miles…
Read MoreFor the week ending May 13, 2018, there were 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 28 percent very short,…
Read MoreSubmitted by Rob Larkin County Executive Director The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 10 counties in Kansas as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused…
Read MoreSubmitted by Rhea Landholm Nearly 50 Kansas farmers, in support of conservation and crop insurance practices in the 2018 farm bill, recently signed and sent a letter to Senator Pat…
Read MoreSubmitted by Rob Larkin County Executive Director The Nemaha County FSA Office is taking appointments for reporting 2018 Spring-Seeded Crops. The deadline for producers to timely report 2018 spring-seeded crops…
Read MoreThe Meadowlark Extension District will be conducting a mini grazing school in a series of events throughout the summer of 2018. These “mini” schools will be held in Jackson County…
Read MoreAgricultural producers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become eligible for a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance…
Read MoreFarmland prices in Kansas continued a slow, steady decline last year and a Kansas State University economist believes the trend will continue this year, saying values are being pulled down…
Read MoreSubmitted Routine maintenance and safety practices can help prevent spills of hazardous materials like fertilizer, pesticide, oil and fuel. But what kinds of risks do these hazardous materials pose during…
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