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Frontier District

Ottawa Office
County Annex Building
1418 S. Main, Suite 2
Ottawa, KS 66067
785-229-3520
785-229-3527 fax

Lyndon Office
128 W. 15th
PO Box 400
Lyndon, KS 66451
785-828-4438
785-828-3427 fax

Garnett Office
411 S. Oak
PO Box 423
Garnett, KS 66032
785-448-6826
785-448-6153 fax

Additional Resources

Ag Manager

Anaplasmosis Information

Anaplasmosis Questions and Answers

Beginning Farmer

Blue-Green Algae Jar and Stick Test

By-Product Feed Price Listings

Feed Ingredients

Kansas Cattlemen's Association

Kansas Fence Law

Kansas Livestock Association

Kansas Trichomoniasis Map

K-State College of Agriculture

Pond Watering of Cattle

Waterers and Watering Systems Handbook

How to Identify Caucasian Bluestems and Yellow Bluestems and How to Control Them

Rule of Thumb on Drought Corn Silage

1) Expect 1 ton of 35% dry matter silage for each 5 bushel of corn grain (estimated), so 40 bushel corn would give you nearly 8 ton of silage per acre, or

2) Corn with few ears, expect 1 ton of 35% dry matter silage for each foot of corn plant height, plant height minus the tassel length.  SO, 7 feet tall corn minus 1 foot of tassel height = 6 feet or about 6 ton per acre.

Below is a spreadsheet that is helpful for valuing silage.  Go to AgManager.info for custom rates to fill in the spreadsheet.  Replace the numbers in blue with your figures, costs, etc.

Valuing Silage Spreadsheet