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Experts concerned low forage production underway

Amy Hadachek
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Forage production 3 — Dry conditions in extreme southwest Kansas leaves pastures near Hugoton with little regrowth and ranchers watching the forecast eagerly for rain.
Submitted photo by Ron Honig

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Forage production 4 — Warm-season grasses, a staple for southwest Kansas cattle, have all but stopped their regrowth in this pasture near Hugoton, Kansas.
Submitted photo by Ron Honig

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Forage production 2 — Warm-season grass regrowth among the forbs has greatly slowed in this Stevens County, Kansas pasture.
Submitted photo by Ron Honig

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Forage production 5 — Even where ungrazed, buffalograss is browning among a few short annual grasses in Stevens County, Kansas.
Submitted photo by Ron Honig

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Forage production — The latest three Grass-Cast scenarios for this summer in the Plains advises producers on what to expect depending whether there's above normal precipitation, or near-normal, or below-normal rainfall.
Submitted image from Grass-Cast

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Amy Hadachek can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.