1871 - Being Responsible with Wildlife Harvest...Planting Soybeans Sooner
Release Date: 02/18/2025
2239 - FSA Program for Livestock Loss...Do Pasture Cattle Need Shade?
Agriculture Today
Livestock Indemnity Program Is Shade Necessary for Cattle on Pasture? Part 1 Is Shade Necessary for Cattle on Pasture? Part 2 00:01:05 – Livestock Indemnity Program: Today's show starts with David Schemm, Kansas Farm Service Agency state executive director, as he highlights what deadlines are approaching in August and how producers can use the Livestock Indemnity Program. 00:12:05 – Is Shade Necessary for Cattle on Pasture? Part 1: For the next two segments, K-State's A.J. Tarpoff, Emma Briggs and Keith Harmoney discuss if cattle on pasture need shade. They break down...
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2238 - How Much Corn is in Your Field?...Understanding More About Horse and Deer Flies
Agriculture Today
Calculating Corn Yields Horse and Deer Flies Biting Livestock Keeping Pregnant Cows Comfortable 00:01:05 – Calculating Corn Yields: K-State Extension agronomists Logan Simon and Tina Sullivan start the show as they explain a formula that corn growers can use to estimate corn yields in their fields. 00:12:05 – Horse and Deer Flies Biting Livestock: Cassandra Olds, K-State livestock entomologist, moves the show forward as she discusses horse flies and deer flies. She says how to tell them apart and how they get their meals. 00:23:05 – Keeping...
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2237 - Cattle Coming from Mexico...Aphids in Kansas Crops
Agriculture Today
Reopening the Mexico Border for Cattle Corn Leaf and Sugarcane Aphids in Crops Duck, Duck, Duck! 00:01:05 – Reopening the Mexico Border for Cattle: Beginning the show is Tyler Cozzens, director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, as he discusses a phased reopening of the Mexico border and what will need to be worked through to make it fully possible. 00:12:05 – Corn Leaf and Sugarcane Aphids in Crops: Jeff Whitworth, K-State crop entomologist, continues today's show as he chats about corn leaf aphids and sugarcane aphids and what crops they could be...
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2236 - How Bioenergy is Impacting Parts of the Market...Extended Weather Forecast
Agriculture Today
Grain Market Waiting for the Next Reports Will We See a Change in the Weather Pattern? Canola Breeder Meetings 00:01:05 – Grain Market Waiting for the Next Reports: A grain market update from K-State grain economist Daniel O'Brien begins today's show. He discusses a surprise in the grain sorghum numbers and how strong ethanol prices have helped corn while also chatting about wheat and soybeans. 00:12:05 – Will We See a Change in the Weather Pattern?: Keeping the show rolling is K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond as he explains the recent hot and humid weather...
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2235 - Picking a Tillage Strategy...Green June Beetles Around Kansas
Agriculture Today
Strategic, Occasional and No Tillage Strategies Green June Beetles in Kansas Horticultural Open House 00:01:05 – Strategic, Occasional and No Tillage Strategies: Starting today's show is K-State Extension agronomist Logan Simon as he explains different tillage strategies for growers including strategic, occasional and no-till. 00:12:05 – Green June Beetles in Kansas: Jeff Whitworth, K-State crop entomologist, continues our show as he discusses green June beetles and what else they often get confused with. He also says what pest alfalfa growers might still be seeing....
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2234 - Digital Asset Management in Estate Planning...Grass Control in Fields
Agriculture Today
Using a Blockchain in Estate Planning Managing Warm-Season Perennial Grasses Cattle Myth or Fact? 00:01:05 – Using a Blockchain in Estate Planning: K-State and Washburn law professor Roger McEowen starts the show as he explains what a blockchain is and how it can be used as a resource when it comes to estate planning. 00:12:05 – Managing Warm-Season Perennial Grasses: Jeremie Kouame and Logan Simon continue today's show as they discuss warm-season perennial grasses in fields and what growers can be doing to control it on their land. 00:23:05 ...
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2233 - Helping Manage the Masked Bandit...Cattle Salt and Mineral Consumption
Agriculture Today
Fins, Fur and Feathers: Raccoon Control Researching Individual Cattle Salt and Mineral Consumption Where Fly Larvae Concentrate 00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Raccoon Control: Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken with K-State begin today's show with part of their Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast as they chat about raccoons and what control options are available. 00:12:05 – Researching Individual Cattle Salt and Mineral Consumption: K-State Extension cow-calf specialist, Jason Warner, keeps the show rolling as he explains research that looks into the salt and mineral...
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2232 - Cattle Feedlot Returns...Developing Youth at Fairs
Agriculture Today
Comparing Cattle Pre-Report Expectations to the Report From County Fair to State Fair Faces in Agriculture: Vicki Cicaneck 00:01:05 – Comparing Cattle Pre-Report Expectations to the Report: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, starts today's show off as he discusses how many of the cattle report expectations aligned with pre-report expectations and what factors he is watching for the rest of the year. 00:12:05 – From County Fair to State Fair: Kansas 4-H youth development regional specialist, Beth Hinshaw, continues the show as she explains how the county...
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2231 - Recent Grain Highs...Hands-On Cattle Learning Opportunity
Agriculture Today
Grain Price Action Western Cow Camp Next Kansas Weather Pattern 00:01:05 – Grain Price Action: K-State grain economist Daniel O'Brien begins the show with his grain market outlook where he highlights the new contract highs for some commodities and export figures. 00:12:05 – Western Cow Camp: Sandy Johnson and Emma Briggs with K-State beef continue the show as they discuss Cow Camp in Hays, Kansas and how they have developed their program to keep meeting the learning needs and wants from the cattle industry. 00:23:05 – Next Kansas Weather Pattern:...
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2230 - ARC and PLC Payment Estimates...Youth Judging Opportunities
Agriculture Today
Crop Coverage Payment Estimates Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes Dividing an Iris 00:01:05 – Crop Coverage Payment Estimates: Robin Reid, K-State Extension farm economist, and Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, kick off today's show discussing ARC and PLC payment estimates for the recent crop marketing year. 00:12:05 – Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes: K-State Extension assistant and youth livestock program coordinator Lexie Hayes continues the show previewing the Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes and its opportunities for youth. ...
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- Early Planting Soybean Research
- How Many Dairy Heifers Do You Need?
00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Ethical Wildlife Harvest: K-State’s Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken kick off today’s show with part of their Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast episode. This week the pair converse about ethical and responsible harvest.
00:12:05 – Early Planting Soybean Research: Keeping today’s show moving is Eric Adee, K-State agronomist in charge of the Kansas River Valley and East Central Kansas experiment fields, as he explains research that he has been working on that looks into early planting soybeans.
00:23:05 – How Many Dairy Heifers Do You Need?: Mike Brouk, K-State dairy specialist, ends the show explaining how dairy farmers can use what’s called the “heifer completion rate” to help determine how large their heifer production needs to be every year.
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