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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1980
Page
2
Nitrate content in corn, sorghum, and sudan grass can spike this summer. Watch fresh cut forage and silage for nitric oxide gas around silos. ventilate before entry. Test drought forage for nitrates using extension powder tests, then confirm with a lab if needed.
Kansas extension dairyman Dick Dunham discusses why summer drops in milk fat tests occur, blaming factors like high grain intake, lush pasture, and finely ground forages. He urges maintaining crude fiber, buffering rumen acidity with sodium bicarbonate, and adjusting mixes to prevent low fat tests while noting heat stress and dry lot feeding as complicating factors.
The Franklin County Conservation District released a Long Range Program update to guide soil and water conservation on local farms. Albert Dunbar said the plan reflects evolving needs since 1941 and will influence future cost share funding, urging landowners and the public to study it. copies are available at the district office.
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture notes light plant disease activity across most of Kansas due to hot dry weather. However soilborne threats such as Stalk Rots and Charcoal Rot may rise if crops stay stressed. Maize Dwarf Mosaic is statewide in corn and sorghum, with Rust and Smut active in irrigated southwest and south central Kansas.
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