2021 Ag-Outlook

December 20 - December 26, 2021
Consider Tissue Testing Soybeans
Are Nutrient Ratios Valid?
Herbicide Updates for 2022
Cold Weather Herbicide Storage
Manure as Fertilizer

December 13 - December 19, 2021
Hay Waste Will Cost More This Year
Shares or Cash Rent? Make A Decision and Stick With It!
Cattle Record Keeping Is Important
Call Before You Dig
Time to Talk About Your Leases

December 6 - December 12, 2021
Cash Rental Rates Update
Think Windbreaks for Cattle and Farmsteads
Field Compaction, How it Happens
Soil Compaction, What to Do About It
Nutrient Removal from Grazing Crop Residue

November 29 - December 5, 2021
Dealing with Herbicide Uncertainties
Cost Return Budgets, Part 1
Cost Return Budgets, Part 2
The Value of Crop Residues
Does Grazing Crop Residues Cause Compaction?

November 22 - November 28, 2021
Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) is Going Away
Warm Soil Temperatures
Timely Weed Control
No Program - Thanksgiving Day
Start Planning Ahead for Crop Inputs

November 15 - November 21, 2021
Every Penny Counts (Livestock Supplements)
Changing Tenants
Still Planting Wheat?
Bromegrass Cash Rental Rates
Start Planning for Winter Storms

November 8 - November 14, 2021
Start Analyzing Fall Harvest Data
Last Cutting of Alfalfa
Pasture Rangeland and Forage Insurance
Add Body Condition to Heifers Now
Fertilizing Brome, It's More Than Just N

November 1 - November 7, 2021
Prussic Acid Management
Musk Thistle Control Reminder
Internal Parasites in Cattle
The Crop Genetics are There
Insect Watch in New Wheat

October 25 - October 31, 2021
Compaction is a Silent Issue
Too Early or Dry for Anhydrous?
Late Planting of Wheat
Inventory Your Feed Supplies
Start Working on Ag Leases

October 18 - October 24, 2021
Use Starter on Late Planted Wheat
Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing
Time to Start Bumping Those Seeding Rates
Fertilizing Brome and Alfalfa
Replant Wheat or Give it Up?

October 11 - October 17, 2021
Evaluating Early Season Wheat Stand Problems
Fall Musk Thistle Control
Soil Testing Alfalfa and Brome
Grazing Stalks
When Should Cattle Come Off Pasture

October 4 - October 10, 2021
Evaluate Pasture Condition
Pasture Lease Communications
Fall Grazing of Wheat
Evaluate Cow's Body Condition
Cull Cow Management

September 27 - October 3, 2021
Soil Testing for Wheat
Taking Notes Through Harvest
Slow Down When Planting Wheat
Safety on the Road, PLEASE!
Wheat Seed Treatments for Insects?

September 20 - September 26, 2021
Update on Stink Bugs in Soybeans
Scout for Dectes Stem Borers
Stalk Breakage in Corn
Be Sure to Treat Wheat Seed!
Proper Timing of Wheat Seeding

September 13 - September 19, 2021
Nitrates in Sorghum
Prussic Acid in Sorghum Regrowth
Stink Bugs in Soybeans
Blue Green Algae in Farm Ponds
Nutrient Test Summer Annual Forages

September 6 - September 12, 2021
Labor Day - No Program
Wheat Variety Ratings Bulletin
Wheat Variety Selections
Forage Hay and Silage Variety Trials
Pre-plant Weed Control in Wheat

August 30 - September 5, 2021
Sugar Cane Aphid Update
Cattle in Farm Ponds
Fall Armyworms in New Plantings
Smoke Causing Corn Issues?
Timing Last Alfalfa Cutting

August 23 - August 29, 2021
Armyworm Alert
Timing of Cattle Vaccinations
Get Cover Crops and Fall Grazing Fields Planted
Watch for Armyworms in New Seedings
Sugar Cane Aphid Alert

August 16 - August 22, 2021
Check Soil pH Before Alfalfa Planting
Liquid Calcium vs Ag Lime
Sorghum Midge Watch
Fall Climate Outlook
Nitrate Testing

August 9 - August 15, 2021
Sericea Control
Late Season Soybean Blooms
Spray Weeds when They're Small
Japanese Beetles in Corn and Soybeans
Irregular Soybean Stands

August 2 - August 8, 2021
Corn Leaf Diseases
Volunteer Wheat
Culling the Herd
Don't Be Average
Crop Insect Update

July 26 - August 1, 2021
Basal Bark Treatments
Cut Stump Treatments
Keep an Eye on Volunteer Wheat
Not all Thistles are Bad
How to Take Hay Samples

July 19 - July 25, 2021
Planting Bromegrass
Let's Be Careful Out There
Don't Succumb to Peer Pressure
Take A Day Off
The Fair is Over

July 12 - July 18, 2021
Don't Cut It Low
Plan Ahead for Alfalfa Planting
Too Late for Soybeans
Maximize the Value of Harvested Forages
Managing Cattle Heat Stress

July 5 - July 11, 2021
Wheat Stubble Watch
Don't Let Weeds Get Big
Timing Prairie Hay Harvest
Dicamba Season is Over
Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa

June 28 - July 4, 2021
Shriveled Kernels
Heat and Herbicides
Plant Tissue Analysis
Corn Southern Rust
Keep an Eye on Pastures

June 21 - June 27, 2021
Harvest Priorities
Watch the Heat!
Watch for Grasshoppers
Double-cropping Beans
Bean Leaf Beetles

June 14 - June 20, 2021
Bluestem Pasture Rental Rates, Part 1
Bluestem Pasture Rental Rates, Part 2
Bluestem Pasture Rental Rates, Part 3
Custom Fence Building Costs
Pre-Harvest Weed Control in Wheat

June 7 - June 13, 2021
Making Hay in the Rain
Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites
Crucial to Test Hay Quality
Stress on Young Corn
White Heads in Wheat Fields

May 31 - June 6, 2021
Memorial Day - No Program
First Round of Sericea Lespedeza
Poison Hemlock
Get Ready to Spray Brush
Monitor Pasture Condition

May 24 - May 30, 2021
Farm Management Enterprise Analysis
Where Do You Save Money?
Timely Harvest of Bromegrass
Where is Income Made
Spend Time Marketing

May 17 - May 23, 2021
Next Two Weeks are Crucial
Crazy Weather
Soybean Seed Inoculation
Identify That Brush
Do you Bale or Buy?

May 10 - May 16, 2021
Get vaccinated, Please!
Soybean Row Spacing
Alfalfa Weevil Update
Lightning - Take it Seriously
Look Out for Farm Equipment

May 3 - May 9, 2021
How late can we plant corn?
Optimal soybean planting dates
Stripe Rust Alert
Bush Honeysuckle in Pastures
Can We Still Burn?

April 26 - May 2, 2021
Freeze Damage
Keep Sorghum in the Rotation
Stripe Rust Update
Don't Be In a Hurry with Fungicides
Soybean Seed Treatments

April 19 - April 25, 2021
Alfalfa Weevils
Are you Feeding your Beans?
Pre-emerge Sorghum Herbicides
Controlling Brush with Fire
Spraying Brush After a Burn

April 12 - April 18, 2021
Yellow Wheat
Burndown Herbicides
Anhydrous Preplant Waiting Periods
Residuals are Crucial
One Pass Early Post Herbicide in Corn

April 5 - April 11, 2021
Get Cattle Off Wheat NOW!
Wheat Disease Forcast Update
Lack of Brome Response to Fertilizer
Alfalfa Weevil Update
Giant Ragweed Control

March 29 - April 4, 2021
Soybean Gall Midge
Burning Update
Corn Seeding Rates
Residual Herbicides in Corn
Weeds are the Symptom

March 22 - March 28, 2021
Wheat Herbicide Selection
Sulfur on Wheat and Brome
Chloride Fertilization of Wheat
Monitor Soil Temperatures
Right Herbicide for the Job

March 15 - March 21, 2021
Grass Tetany Prevention
Do I Need to Plow After Liming?
Be Ready to Move Cattle Off Wheat
Bull Breeding Soundness Exams
It's Spring, Almost

March 8 - March 14, 2021
Great to See the Sun
Liming
Foxtail Control in Brome
Control Maretail Soon
Why Weren't Soil Temperatures Colder?

March 1 - March 7, 2021
Remember, Cattleman's Day is Virtual
Should I Burn or Not?
Timing of Burns
April Burning Restrictions
Calf ID Records

February 22 - February 28, 2021
Cold Weather Update
Weeds Will Likely Explode Early
Time to Stop Cut Stump Treatments
Remember March 15th FSA Deadline
Climate Outlook

February 15 - February 21, 2021
Start Scouting Wheat for Early Diseases
Do Early Season Fungicides Pay in Wheat?
Why Don't We Grow Spring Wheat?
Freeze Damage to Wheat
Cattleman's Day is Going Virtual

February 8 - February 14, 2021
Soil pH Concerns
Liming Basics
Drier Conditions Likely Coming
Prepping for Wild Fire
Crunch Time for Top Dressing Wheat/Brome

February 1 - February 7, 2021
Uncertain about Dicamba? Consider Enlist
Grazing Wheat? There are Variety Differences.
Understanding Marestail
Controlling Marestail
Finish Cow Herd Culling

January 25 - January 31, 2021
Kansas Fence Law
Crop Share Leases
Herbicide Resistant Grain Sorghums a Two Edged Sword
No More Easy Buttons
2021 Crop Disease Outlook

January 18 - January 24, 2021
Farm Bill Signup Reminder
Farm Bill Decision Making
Replacement Heifer Development
Imiflex Herbicide Approved for igrowth Grain Sorghum
2020 Kansas Extreme Weather

January 11 - January 17, 2021
Ag Lease Virtual Meeting Last Call!
Kansas Radon Action Month
Dicamba Training
Paraquat Training
Get Your Leases Squared Away

January 4 - January 10, 2021
Happy New Year
Ag Lease Virtual Meeting
Pay Attention to Cattle Hoof Issues
Start Wrapping Up Lease Negotiations
Windbreak Trees & Shrubs

December 28, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Pasture Cash Rental Rates
Crop Land Cash Rental Rates
Cedar Tree Sex Education
On the Cusp of a New Year
New Year's Day, No Program