Weather has varied widely across the state during the growing season and consequently impacted pasture and forage availability. Producers may have gaps to fill in their forage inventory either because of quality and or quantity issues. Others may be in the position of looking for marketing opportunities for surplus supplies. The Oct. 29, 2020 Kansas drought monitor map has most of the state abnormally dry or worse. The KSU Beef team provides a summary of area conditions. Continue reading “Current Kansas Forage Conditions”
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Preparing for the winter – focus on forage
by Jaymelynn Farney, Beef Systems Specialist, Parsons
Mother nature has been rather fickle for the past 365 days, in Kansas we have seen flooding, droughts, blizzards, extreme heat, extreme winds, and hail, to name some of the biggest events. According to Kansas Mesonet data there was 15 inches of rainfall (October 1, 2018 to October 1, 2019) in Grant county (Southwest; average annual rainfall 12 inches) while Parsons (Southeast; average annual rainfall 42 inches) has seen 70 inches of rainfall in that same time period. With all these extremes in weather, our forages have shown quite a bit of variability in quality. Continue reading “Preparing for the winter – focus on forage”