Maximizing calf revenue is important for cattle producers; it’s how they get paid! Just like any business, understanding what drives how you are paid is important. Calf revenue from an academic perspective is driven by three factors; 1) the number of calves sold, 2) sale weight of calves and 3) price received.

The potential for high nitrate concentrations in crops such as cereal grains (including wheat) corn, sorghum, canola, and some grasses occurs after exposure to drought, hail, frost, cloudy weather, or soil fertility imbalance. Nitrates accumulate in the lower portion of these plants when stresses reduce crop yields to less than expected, based on the supplied nitrogen fertility level.

Many areas throughout Kansas have massive numbers of moths flying around outdoors and entering homes. These are army cutworm adults. The army cutworm adults have dark, gray-brown forewings with distinct markings, including a kidney bean-shaped marking on the upper part of the forewings. Adult females lay eggs in the fall with caterpillars emerging from eggs from fall through winter. The caterpillars (larvae) feed on alfalfa and wheat. Army cutworms overwinter as larvae in the soil. Adults emerge from pupae located in the soil in May.