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Bluestem pasture report back in publicationPublication of the Bluestem Pasture Report will resume this year after taking a one-year hiatus due to budgetary constraints. "I'm happy to announce we were able to eke out of our budget the few thousand dollars needed to get this report back in publication," said Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky. "It's too important to ranchers and landlords who rely on it to determine appropriate lease rates in the 14 counties that comprise most of the Flint Hills." The Bluestem Pasture Report has been in nearly continuous publication since 1927. The only exceptions are 1987, 1988 and 2005, when it was not published due to funding limitations. The 2006 report will be released later this month. Ranchers and landlords look to the publication for an accurate assessment of pasture conditions and a detailed breakdown of lease rates. The report breaks into several categories the different lease rates for cow-calf pairs and stocker cattle of a certain weight, whether it's for a partial season, a full season or yearlong grazing. Polansky credits two legislators with inspiring him to find it within the Kansas Department of Agriculture's budget to get the report back in publication. "Every time I saw Sen. Laura Kelly or Rep. Sharon Schwartz, I heard how important this report was to their constituents," Polansky said. "Now I am delivering on my promise to them that I would find a way to get it back into publication." The Bluestem Pasture Report is funded entirely by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Data are gathered and reported by Kansas Agricultural Statistics, a cooperative federal-state program involving the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Date: 4/18/06
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