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Newsletters & Columns

Raising Crops, Kids and Livestock -- August 17, 2015

Sorghum Headworms -- August 31, 2015

Weaning Calves -- September 14, 2015

Livestock Handling Tips -- September 28, 2015

Weaning Protocol -- October 12, 2015

Antibiotics in Meat? -- November 2, 2015

Calving Management School (December 10) -- November 16, 2015

Estrous Synchronization and Timed AI -- November 30, 2015

Crossbreeding: Back to the Basics -- December 14, 2015

Women Involved in Agriculture -- December 28, 2015

Competing with the Internet -- January 11, 2016

Women In Ag Deadline -- February 1, 2016

Soybean Weed Control -- February 15, 2016

Wind Chill -- February 29, 2016

Low Stress Stockmanship -- March 14, 2016

Spring Freeze Injury -- March 28, 2016

Tractor Safety Course (June 7 & 8, 2016) -- April 11, 2016

Anaplasmosis -- May 2, 2016

GMOs -- May 16, 2016

Soybean Planting Date -- May 30, 2016

Alfalfa Harvest Timing -- June 13, 2016

Wheat Yields and Fungicides -- June 27, 2016

Wheat Plot Results -- July 11, 2016

Nutrients in Crop Residue -- August 1, 2016

Cow Size -- August 15, 2016

Wheat Varieties for Riley County -- August 29, 2016

EPDs and Crossbreeding -- September 12, 2016

Wheat Seed Treatments -- October 3, 2016

Veterinary Feed Directive -- October 17, 2016

FINPACK Workshop (December 13, 2016) -- October 31, 2016

Managing Your Farm Future -- November 14, 2016

Remember the Rotary Hoe -- November 28, 2016

Feeding Grain to Ruminants -- December 12, 2016

Farmland Leasing -- January 2, 2017

Dates on the Calendar -- January 16, 2017

Winter Ranch Management (February 15) -- January 30, 2017

Fertilizing Brome -- February 13, 2017

First Hollow Stem -- February 27, 2017

Split Application of Wheat Fungicide -- March 13, 2017

Feedlot Mud -- April 3, 2017

Raining Smoke -- April 17, 2017

Spring Freeze Injury -- May 1, 2017

Soybean Seeding Rate -- May 15, 2017

Grain Sorghum Production -- May 29, 2017

Bagworm Control -- July 3, 2017

County Fair Pigs For Sale -- July 17, 2017

Agricultural Lease Law -- July 31, 2017

Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus -- August 28, 2017

Recommended Wheat Varieties -- September 11, 2017

Weaning Tips -- October 2, 2017

Feeding Newly Weaned Calves -- October 16, 2017

Late Alfalfa Cutting -- October 30, 2017

Nitrates & Prussic Acid -- November 27, 2017

Farming for the Future (December 19, 2017) -- December 11, 2017

Wind Chill -- January 1, 2018

Land Prices and Leasing (January 25, 2018) -- January 15, 2018

Grain Marketing Strategies Workshop (February 8, 2018) -- February 5, 2018

Dicamba Applicator Training (February 22, 2018) -- February 12, 2018

Soil Health Workshop (March 8, 2018) -- February 26, 2018

Soil Organic Matter -- March 12, 2018

Tractor Safety -- April 2, 2018

Smoke and Fire -- April 16, 2018

Soybean Planting Dates and Rates -- April 30, 2018

Grain Sorghum Planting -- May 28, 2018

Freezer Math -- June 11, 2018

Crop Water Needs -- July 2, 2018

Nutrients in Wheat Stubble -- July 16, 2018

Ammonia Treatment of Wheat Straw -- July 30, 2018

Wheat Varieties -- August 13, 2018

Wheat Streak Mosaic Prevention -- September 3, 2018

Feedlot Mud -- September 17, 2018

How Much Hay Does a Cow Need? -- October 1, 2018

Nitrates and Prussic Acid -- October 15, 2018

Prussic Acid Poisoning -- October 29, 2018

Complementary Grazing -- November 12, 2018

Cold Weather Feeding -- December 3, 2018

Lambing Preparations -- December 17, 2018

Soybean Tech Traits -- December 31, 2018

Land Leasing Workshop (January 30, 2019) -- January 14, 2019

Grazing Cover Crops -- January 28, 2019

1031 Exchange Requirements -- February 11, 2019

Night Feeding -- February 25, 2019

Warming Cold Newborns -- March 11, 2019

Soil Temperature -- April 1, 2019

First Hollow Stem -- April 15, 2019

Tractor Safety Course (May 28-29, 2019) -- April 29, 2019

Early Weaning to Improve Cow Condition -- May 13, 2019

June Planted Corn -- June 3, 2019

Blister Beetles -- June 17, 2019

What's in Your Freezer? -- July 1, 2019

Riley County Fair (July 25-29, 2019) -- July 15, 2019

Wheat Plot Results -- July 29, 2019

RCLA Summer Tour (August 25, 2019) -- August 10, 2019

Cleaning and Treating Seed Wheat -- September 2, 2019

Recommended Wheat Varieties -- September 16, 2019

Last Cutting of Alfalfa -- September 30, 2019

Fence-line Weaning -- October 14, 2019

Weaning Success -- October 28, 2019

Covering Bunker Silos -- November 11, 2019

Farm Financial Management for Women -- December 2, 2019

Crossbreeding -- December 16, 2019

Resolutions (and upcoming meetings) -- December 30, 2019

Farm Program Decisions -- January 13, 2020

Cow/Calf Management Meeting (February 12, 2020) -- February 3, 2020

Grazing Cover Crops (February 27, 2020) -- February 17, 2020

Baby Lambs -- March 2, 2020

Sand Hills Calving System -- March 30, 2020

Dad's Sledge Hammer -- April 27, 2020

Optimum Planting Dates -- May 11, 2020

Self-Guided Wheat Plot Tour -- June 1, 2020

Late Planted Soybeans -- June 15, 2020

Bagworms -- June 29, 2020

Wheat Plot Results -- July 13, 2020

VSV and Biosecurity -- August 3, 2020

Soil pH and Liming -- August 17, 2020

Round Bale Storage -- August 31, 2020

Early Weaning -- September 14, 2020

Cull Cow Prices -- September 28, 2020

CFAP 2 -- October 12, 2020

Prussic Acid Poisoning -- November 2, 2020

Grazing Crop Residue -- November 16, 2020

Vaccine Storage and Handling -- November 30, 2020

Soil Testing -- December 14, 2020

Zoom Meetings -- December 28, 2020

Calving Difficulty -- January 11, 2021

Coffee Shop Agronomy (February 11, 2021) -- February 1, 2021

Cold Weather Water Needs -- February 15, 2021

Night Feeding -- March 1, 2021

Spring Calving -- March 15, 2021

First Hollow Stem -- March 29, 2021

Yellow Wheat -- April 12, 2021

Soybean Planting Dates -- May 3, 2021

Wheat Tour: Top 10 Reasons to Attend -- May 17, 2021

Saturated Soils -- May 31, 2021

Late Planted Soybeans -- June 14, 2021

Flag the Technology -- June 28, 2021

Wheat Plot Results -- July12, 2021

Heat and Corn Yields -- August 2, 2021

RCLA Summer Tour (August 29) -- August 16, 2021

Wheat Varieties -- August 30, 2021

Early Weaning: Preparing for Winter -- September 13, 2021

Soil Testing -- September 27, 2021

Free SCN Testing -- October 11, 2021

Soybean Herbicides -- November 1, 2021

Grazing Stalks -- November 15, 2021

You Inherited the Farm - Now What? -- November 29, 2021

Women in Ag 2022 Series -- December 13, 2021

Winter Meeting Schedule -- January 3, 2022

Lambs, Cold Weather, and Cover Crops -- January 31, 2022

Colostrum -- February 14, 2022

Fertilizing Brome -- February 28, 2022

RCLA Spring Meeting (March 31) -- March 14, 2022

Chlorpyrifos Ear Tags -- March 28, 2022

Sandhills Calving System -- April 11, 2022

Tractor Safety Course (June 7 & 8) -- May 2, 2022

Wheat Plot Tour (May 25) -- May 16, 2022

Late Planted Corn -- May 30, 2022

Musk Thistle -- June 13, 2022

Double Cropping -- June 27, 2022

Wheat Straw Nutrient Value -- July 11, 2022

Wheat Plot Results -- August 1, 2022

RCLA Summer Tour (August 28) -- August 15, 2022

Misfortune to Good Fortune -- August 29, 2022

Wheat Varieties -- September 12, 2022

Harvesting Alfalfa in the Fall -- October 3, 2022

Ammoniating Low Quality Forages -- October 17, 2022

Weaning Tips -- October 31, 2022

Grazing Crop Residue -- November 14, 2022

Value of Nutrients in Corn Stalk Bales -- November 28, 2022

Women in Ag Land Leasing Series -- December 12, 2022

Succession Planning Meeting (January 12) -- January 2, 2023

Barn Cameras and Cowherd Nutrition -- January 16, 2023

Opie Taylor Days -- January 30, 2023

Calving - When to Intervene -- February 13, 2023

Brome Fertilization -- February 27, 2023

Succession Planning (March 22) -- March 13, 2023

First Hollow Stem -- April 3, 2023

Alfalfa Weevil -- April 17, 2023

Soybean Seeding Rate -- May 1, 2023

Wheat Plot Tour (May 24) -- May 15, 2023

Cedar Tree Control -- May 29, 2023

Musk Thistles and Alfalfa Blooms -- June 12, 2023

County Fair Livestock Projects -- July 3, 2023

Wheat Plot Results -- July 17, 2023

Wheat Germination Test -- July 31, 2023

RCLA Summer Tour (August 27) -- August 14, 2023

Cattle Heat Stress -- August 28, 2023

Forage Nitrate Testing -- September 11, 2023

Nitrate and Prussic Acid Toxicity -- October 2, 2023

Grazing Crop Residue -- October 16, 2023

Feeding Newly Weaned Calves -- October 30, 2023

Winter Feed Costs -- November 27, 2023

Sulfur Deficiency in Wheat -- December 11, 2023

Lambing Time -- January 1, 2024