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Grazing management is matching available forage to the stocking rate of the animals to be grazing the native range resource. The goal of grazing management is to market a valuable resource at a profit while maintaining and improving the range resource. The stocking rate has a huge impact on animal performance and the available range of forage resources.
The stocking rate is defined as the land area allocated to each grazing animal for
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retired NRCS District Conservationist
To a Botanist, a herb is a leafy plant that doesn't grow a woody stem and usually dies back at the end of each growing season. Both grasses and forbs are herbs. To a chef, a herb is any of a vast number of aromatic or savory plants used to add flavor and character to foods. To a gardener, an herb is a delightful, easy-to-grow addition to the landscape, perennial border, or terrace urn. To anyone who uses plants medicinally, an herb
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retired NRCS District Conservationist
Have you heard of the "Dust Bowl" of the 1930s? Because of extreme drought and farming methods, a huge dust cloud made it to Washington D.C. Franklin D. Roosevelt was newly elected President. The United States was recovering from the Great Depression. The drought in the great plains caused the Dust Bowl and was made worse by the tillage methods used then.
Hugh Hammond Bennett was on Presidents Roosevelt"s staff. He tes
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This market is one of the monthly Farmers' Markets held through the off-season (Oct-May). These monthly Markets will be held every third Saturday.
Vendors are lined up for the market, and there is a plan for food to be served, for donation.
If you are a vendor and would like to participate, please let the coordinator know at: coordinator@cncofarmersmarket.com
Or if you are a c
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The purpose of this meeting is to make recommendations to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist related to addressing natural resource concerns at a local l
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This market is one of the monthly Farmers' Markets held through the off-season (Oct-May). These monthly Markets will be held every third Saturday.
Vendors are lined up for the market, and there is a plan for food to be served, for donation.
If you are a vendor and would like to participate, please let the coordinator know at: coordinator@cncofarmersmarket.com
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January 3, 2023
Media please contact:
Heather Lansdowne
785-564-6706
AgMedia@ks.gov
MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Kansas Department of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension (KSRE) will offer virtual workshops February 6-10, 2023, to assist farmers' market vendors and managers, and also for those wanting to sell food products directly to consumers. The workshop series includes five online Lunch and Learn sessions.
"Over the past two years, we
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If you think you have decorating skills and want to flex those skills for a cash prize, this is your event.
Gather your team of 2-3 people, ages 12 - 18, and register to show off your cupcake decorating skills and win cash prizes. The cash prizes are for the top 3 teams whose entries are picked by the judges to be the best.
The event will be held at the Saint Francis Mason
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The Farmer's Market Board has responded to multiple requests from vendors and customers alike with plans to hold Farmer's Markets once a month through the off-season (October through May). The first being on the 17th of December, in hopes of making available vendor's product you may want to give as Christmas presents.
Moving forward, there will be a Farmer's Mark
retired NRCS District Conservationist
Grazing management is matching available forage to the stocking rate of the animals to be grazing the native range resource. The goal of grazing management is to market a valuable resource at a profit while maintaining and improving the range resource. The stocking rate has a huge impact on animal performance and the available range of forage resources.
The stocking rate is defined as the land area allocated to each grazing animal for
retired NRCS District Conservationist
To a Botanist, a herb is a leafy plant that doesn't grow a woody stem and usually dies back at the end of each growing season. Both grasses and forbs are herbs. To a chef, a herb is any of a vast number of aromatic or savory plants used to add flavor and character to foods. To a gardener, an herb is a delightful, easy-to-grow addition to the landscape, perennial border, or terrace urn. To anyone who uses plants medicinally, an herb
retired NRCS District Conservationist
Have you heard of the "Dust Bowl" of the 1930s? Because of extreme drought and farming methods, a huge dust cloud made it to Washington D.C. Franklin D. Roosevelt was newly elected President. The United States was recovering from the Great Depression. The drought in the great plains caused the Dust Bowl and was made worse by the tillage methods used then.
Hugh Hammond Bennett was on Presidents Roosevelt"s staff. He tes
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around urban areas. An urban area is the region surrounding a city. "Urban area" can refer to towns, cities, and suburbs. Urban agriculture is also the term used for animal husbandry, aquaculture, urban bee keeping, and horticulture.
Urban farming is a local food system where food is produced within an urban are
This market is one of the monthly Farmers' Markets held through the off-season (Oct-May). These monthly Markets will be held every third Saturday.
Vendors are lined up for the market, and there is a plan for food to be served, for donation.
If you are a vendor and would like to participate, please let the coordinator know at: coordinator@cncofarmersmarket.com
Or if you are a c
Western Prairie Food Farm and Community Alliance has been selected to participate in a community of practice focused on regional food systems development. After a thorough review of over 50 applications by a team of project organizers, 11 food policy councils from across the country were selected for the 18-month project, reflecting a diversity of approaches to regional food systems work. Regional food policy councils are collaborative groups that seek to address food-related
Cheyenne Center for Creativity has been awarded $75,000 in CSP tax credits by the Department of Commerce.
This is a great opportunity for our community! When you donate to the 202 on Washington Project, you will receive tax credits equal to 70% of your donation.
These donations will be used for Phase II of the project: renovation of the 3000 square foot area to develop a much-needed community event center.
Donations can be mailed to:
202 on Washington Project
The purpose of this meeting is to make recommendations to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist related to addressing natural resource concerns at a local l
This market is one of the monthly Farmers' Markets held through the off-season (Oct-May). These monthly Markets will be held every third Saturday.
Vendors are lined up for the market, and there is a plan for food to be served, for donation.
If you are a vendor and would like to participate, please let the coordinator know at: coordinator@cncofarmersmarket.com
January 3, 2023
Media please contact:
Heather Lansdowne
785-564-6706
AgMedia@ks.gov
MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Kansas Department of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension (KSRE) will offer virtual workshops February 6-10, 2023, to assist farmers' market vendors and managers, and also for those wanting to sell food products directly to consumers. The workshop series includes five online Lunch and Learn sessions.
"Over the past two years, we
If you think you have decorating skills and want to flex those skills for a cash prize, this is your event.
Gather your team of 2-3 people, ages 12 - 18, and register to show off your cupcake decorating skills and win cash prizes. The cash prizes are for the top 3 teams whose entries are picked by the judges to be the best.
The event will be held at the Saint Francis Mason
Allison Grice's exhibit of photography and graphic design has opened at Quincy Gallery with a reception on March 2nd.
Ms Grice, a St Francis native, is well known here as an exceptionally talented artist with wide range of interests. Over the years, though, it is photography that has allowed her to share her heart.
Whether it's a rusty old pickup or wheat blowing in the breeze against a sunset, Ms Grice's photography shows her love of nature and
So, if you would like to help us put with a play, either on stage or behind the scenes, please come by Fresh 7 this Saturday and let me know.
Eagle, working alongside with the St. Francis Internet Committee volunteers, reached 210 early signups, meaning the upgrade will proceed as planned.
"The support of the community of St. Francis has been simply amazing,' said Travis Kohlrus,
After seeing the 4-28-17 video of the object moving across the moon, @ http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/2017/04/ufo-caught-moving-across-moon-baffles-viewers.html it reminded me of a similar video I had shot on 10-22-14 north of St. Francis, KS at sunset. If it wasn’t for that post I wouldn’t have posted this—however both videos to me look as if they are related somehow???
It was worth a post
Camera Zoom was 20X & the video is 500% of normal speed
A Fiber Internet infrastructure in St Francis will greatly increase your internet speed. And by 'greatly' I mean
Turmeric has been used in both Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine as an Anti-inflammatory, to treat Digestive and Liver problems, Skin diseases, and Wounds.
Curcumin is also a powerful Antioxidant. Antioxidants scavenge molecules in the body known as free radicals, which damage cell membranes, tamper with
If this is your recipe, let me know and I will credit you on this page.
Golden Milk
Step 1: Turmeric Paste
Ingredients:
1/4 cup of turmeric power
1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper
1/2 cup of filtered water
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a small sauce pan and mix well. Turn the heat to medium high and stir constantly until the mixture is a thick paste. This does not take long, so don
You must just see for yourself the destruction and the mayhem in the video.
I will not use this video as a platform to talk about how
The migrating swarm landed and worked it's way down Main street this morning, and the townsfolk pr
Here is a link to the information page on the Kansas Legislature site:
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/hb2389/
March 23, 2017
The Honorable John Barker, Chai
Budget Summary
Proposed budget 2017 Expenditures and Amount of 2016 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2017 budget. Estimated tax
Please respond with the area/city you live in and answer the following without regard to money or practicality:
What are the top 3 things your town needs?
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Where do you live?
Thank you for your responses.
Please s
NEWSLETTER FOR 06/15/2020
THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT – A FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE [3]
Now my dears, said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
_The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Nature is out of balance, teetering toward an unsavory resolution that may, in fact, be revenge for the abuses that humans have h
Up till now, if a kid wanted to wait until a year or two after high school to find his or her true calling he/she could. If it turns out he was to be starving poet then our world will have found another midwife of truth. If she was t
Photos By Cale Rieger, NRCS Natural Resource Specialist
Proper fence is needed for grazing livestock in a rotational grazing system. As mentioned before, a rest-rotation grazing system is essential for properly managing grazing systems in the western Kansas area of short grass and mid-grass prairie.
Many perimeter fences are 3 or 4 strands of barbed wire. Interior cross-fences are usually a single smooth wire. The interior fe
What are cover crops? Cover crops are grown for the protection and enrichment of the soil. In Agriculture, cover crops are used to cover and protect the soil rather than to be harvested.
Cover crops are used to manage cropland and reduce soil erosion, improve soil fertility, improve soil quality, improve water storage, reduce pressure from weeds, pests and diseases, and improve biodiversity and wildlife in an agroecosystem.
