The Joy of Farm Family Day Trips
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Harvest is a farmer’s Super Bowl. It’s the culmination of a year’s work and his way to measure success.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Wildfires have always been part of the Kansas landscape. While rural fire departments provide protection to rural life and property, recent years have increasingly seen fires that exceed the ability of even the best fire departments to control fires, quickly creating a situation where firefighters simply cannot defend every threatened structure. Additionally, these fires are threatening properties within cities as well, so it is no longer solely a rural concern.
These steps referred to as creating “defensible space” begin inside your home and move out from there.
Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau
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Every year around this time, the world around me has the potential to quickly turn into a continuous swirl that would be perfect for a TV series.
In cinematic effect, I imagine my story would begin with a black and white tight shot of my eyes opening wide from slumber and darting back and forth in a semi-confused state.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Sweet clover is in abundance this year. As a grazing resource, sweet clover can be excellent feed. However, there are a few problems associated with yellow sweet clover that producers should keep in mind.
Insight From Kansas Farm Bureau
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Riches of Agriculture Greg Doering Kansas Farm Bureau It’s easy to forget today that agriculture is the foundation of civilization. It’s the process that ended our ceaseless following of food and allowed us to settle into cities.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Repairing Ornamental Plants and Trees from Storm Damage Summer waves of storms that sweep through the area often leave plants and trees bent and broken; others are just jagged stumps. Much of this is temporary, but some damage is permanent.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Shortgrass rangelands at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center–Hays, have been used for grazing research since the 1940s. Various studies during this period have monitored different aspects of rangeland plant composition, forage production, and grazing animal weight gains, and in many years all three. For studies with similar stocking rates, rangeland production was compared with annual precipitation or specific monthly combina tions of precipitation data for 40 years to find the best relationships between the times of year precipitation is received and end of the growing season forage production.
A Day to Remember
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Memorial Day serves in my mind as the unofficial start of the summer, Independence Day the middle, and Labor Day the end. I am aware that this timeframe has inaccuracies, but this engrained set of time landmarks can’t be changed in my mind. And I don’t think I am alone.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Protecting Your Home from Wildfire Wildfires have always been part of the Kansas landscape. While rural fire departments provide protection to rural life and property, recent years have increasingly seen fires that exceed the ability of even the best fire departments to control fires, quickly creating a situation where fire fighters simply cannot defend every threatened structure.
Rachael Brooke, Phillips-Rooks District Extension Agent Agriculture and Natural Resources
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ATV Safety It’s summer, which means kids are out of school and enjoying outdoor activities. One activity that can be concerning is off road vehicle operation by kids.
