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2017 Kansas Performance Tests with Corn Hybrids Report Now Online

The 2017 Kansas Performance Tests with Corn Hybrids report is now online. In this report, you will find a recap of the 2016-17 corn crop, with a detailed discussion summarizing the statewide growing conditions and impacts from diseases and insects. More importantly, the results of the 2017 corn hybrid performance tests are also shown. Corn performance tests are conducted each year by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
 
Producers and crop consultants can use this resource to help select corn hybrids for their operation by checking for varieties that show a consistently good performance in their region.
 
The online version of the corn hybrid performance test results can be found at: https://www.bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/SRP1136.pdf.
 
 

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A chain harrow is a game changer

Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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