Custodial Services: Ottawa Office

The Frontier District seeks bids for custodial services for its Ottawa office. For best consideration, submit bids by Wednesday, August 6. Full details are given here.

Registration for AI in Kansas Ag is now OPEN! To register, scan the QR code below, click here, or call the Frontier District office in Lyndon at 785-828-4438. A news story is linked here, and for additional information on the conference agenda and presenters who will share some of the newest ag technology that uses artificial intelligence, click here. Hope you can join us for the entire day!

 

Check out all of the information for the Extension Master Gardener program and a link to the application; the deadline to apply is Friday, August 15, 2025!

 

The next session of the Fresh Conversations senior nutrition program will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 8:15 a.m. at the Ottawa Recreation Commission Goppert Building, 705 W. 15^th. The program is open to any Kansan 60 or older and will continue the 3^rd Thursday of every month. Each program will include recipe tastings, and attendees will receive a free pass to work out that day, which will be valid for Silver Sneakers as well. More information is available in this flyer, or contact Kris Wallace, SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator in the Frontier Extension District Ottawa office, at 785-229-3520 or krwall@ksu.edu

Receive K-State Research and Extension information through two broadcasts: Agriculture Today (daily) and Sound Living (weekly). Each program features K-State Research and Extension specialists, programs, research, and more. Find details about broadcasts, recordings, and podcasts here. Valuable information for you in an audio format!

 

Read the Frontier District's 2024 Annual Report. We look forward

to working with you and serving you in 2025!

 

See Dr. Beyer's complete set of presentation slides

 

Link to Dr. Baum's April 1st presentation on the Monarch butterfly

Keith Harmoney's presentation: Considerations for Tree and Brush Management

Jack Lemmon's presentation: Using Prescribed Burning as a Management Strategy of Sericea Lespedeza and Old-World Bluestem

Due to winter weather, the Land Values and Leases meeting hosted by the Frontier Extension District on Wednesday, Jan. 8, was transitioned from an in-person meeting to an online meeting. The recording of the meeting is found here:

The slides used by each presenter are linked here:

Presentation: Kansas Land Values and Economic Outlook; Robin Reid, Extension Farm Economist, K-State Agricultural Economics

Presentation: Negotiating in Agriculture; Megan N. Hughes, PhD, K-State Agricultural Economics

Presentation: Kansas Farm Lease Law; Roger A. McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation, Washburn University School of Law

Approximately 90 individuals from across Kansas gathered in Garnett on Sept. 10 to get an up close look at agricultural uses of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones. Speakers covered issues from herbicide application to feedyard research to natural resource conservation sensing to pasture research. In addition, Spencer Schrader, flight operations manager for K-State Salina’s Uncrewed Aircraft Systems program, gave an overview of topics that included regulations, types of drones and their applications, and making aerial applications with a drone. Schrader also flew a drone for participants to observe. The meeting was sponsored by the Frontier Extension District and the Coffey County Extension office, as well as the Anderson County and Coffey County conservation districts.

Presentation: Applications for Drone Use in the Feedyard; Haley Larson, Ph.D.

Presentation: Unmanned Aircraft Systems – State of the Industry: Drones; Spencer Schrader, UAS Flight Operations Manager

Presentation: KDA’s Role When Applying Herbicides Using Drones; Kelly Navinsky-Wenzl, Program Manager Pesticide and Fertilizer

Presentation: Using Drones in the Pastures; Jaymelynn Farney, Ph.D.

 

Catch us on the radio!

Don't forget to tune in to KOFO 103.7 FM or 1220 AM three days a week to get Frontier Extension District updates.

Missed a program? Go to the KOFO Recordings page to hear previous radio programs.

 

All Frontier District Offices

Open

8:00 am-noon and 1:00-5:00 pm

Closed

noon-1:00 pm for lunch

Frontier District

2025 Holiday Schedule

The Garnett, Lyndon and Ottawa offices will be closed on

Monday, September 1

Tuesday, November 11

Thursday, November 27 - Friday, November 28

Thursday, December 25 - Friday, January 2, 2026