2197 - Crop and Price Conditions...Trying to Control Sericea Lespedeza
Release Date: 06/05/2026
2197 - Crop and Price Conditions...Trying to Control Sericea Lespedeza
Agriculture Today
Grain Market Prices Falling Off Sericea Lespedeza Management Impressive Rainfalls 00:01:05 – Grain Market Prices Falling Off: Daniel O'Brien, K-State grain economist, begins the show with a grain market outlook where he explains why the futures and cash markets have fallen off. 00:12:05 – Sericea Lespedeza Management: A discussion on sericea lespedeza and its control options with K-State rangeland management specialist, Molly Reichenborn, and K-State Extension agronomist, Tina Sullivan, continues today's show. 00:23:05 – Impressive Rainfalls: K-State...
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2196 - Pests in Crops and Alfalfa...Grain Expectations in Ukraine
Agriculture Today
Chinch Bugs Update and Potato Leafhopper Concerns Ukraine and Black Sea Region Conditions Annual and Perennial Flower Care 00:01:05 – Chinch Bugs Update and Potato Leafhopper Concerns: K-State crop entomologist, Jeff Whitworth, kicks off today's show with an update on chinch bugs and what questions he has been receiving about them. He also touches on potato leafhoppers and their damage and management. 00:12:05 – Ukraine and Black Sea Region Conditions: Antonina Broyaka, K-State Extension associate in the department of agricultural economics, continues the show as...
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2195 - Scam in Rural Real Estate...How Kansas Wheat is Doing
Agriculture Today
Farmland Fraud Kansas Wheat Crop Update Maximizing Beef on Dairy Cattle 00:01:05 – Farmland Fraud: K-State and Washburn law professor Roger McEowen begins the show as he discusses farmland scams and what issues they are creating for landowners and how they can help protect their property. 00:12:05 – Kansas Wheat Crop Update: Kelsey Andersen Onofre, K-State wheat pathologist, and Romulo Lollato, K-State wheat production specialist, continue the show as they update Kansas wheat crop conditions and its biggest impacts. 00:23:05 – Maximizing Beef on Dairy...
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2194 - Invasive Species in Water...Dredging of Sedimentation
Agriculture Today
Fins, Fur and Feathers: Invasive Aquatic Species Water Injection Dredging Dairy Product Wins 00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Invasive Aquatic Species: Part of a Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast episode with Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken kicks off today's show as they discuss invasive aquatic species and what people need to remember. 00:12:05 – Water Injection Dredging: Trisha Moore, associate professor in K-State's Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, continues today's show as she describes water injection dredging and its impact on sedimentation in...
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2193 - Financial Sentiment Impacts on the Cattle Market...Mitigating Heat Concerns
Agriculture Today
Monitoring the Cattle Market Livestock Heat Stress, Part 1 Livestock Heat Stress, Part 2 00:01:05 – Monitoring the Cattle Market: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, begins today's show with an update on the cattle market, feedlot returns and the recent Meat Demand Monitor. 00:12:05 – Livestock Heat Stress, Part 1: K-State Extension beef veterinarian, A.J. Tarpoff, continues today's show as he explains what heat stress is for livestock, the most common causes and what producers can be doing to help reduce heat generating events. 00:23:05 ...
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2192 - Ongoing Grain Market Seasonality...Cotton Thrips
Agriculture Today
Trend Factors for the Grain Market Early Season Cotton Pests Precipitation in Kansas 00:01:05 – Trend Factors for the Grain Market: K-State grain economist, Daniel O'Brien, starts off the show with his grain market update where we chats about seasonal trends and the biggest factors impacting the market. 00:12:05 – Early Season Cotton Pests: Logan Simon, K-State Extension agronomist, continues the show with his discussion on early season cotton pests and why volunteer soybean is an issue in cotton. 00:23:05 – Precipitation in Kansas: Concluding the show is...
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2191 - Looking at Fields from a Drone...Helping Have Healthy Animals
Agriculture Today
Crop Scouting with Drones Summer Reminders from a Veterinarian Warm-Season Vegetables 00:01:05 – Crop Scouting with Drones: The show starts with Deepak Joshi, K-State agriculture precision specialist, as he explains how drones can be used for scouting crop fields and what he is currently evaluating. 00:12:05 – Summer Reminders from a Veterinarian: Justin Smith, Kansas animal health commissioner, keeps today's show going as he discusses paperwork and testing for transporting animals, biosecurity reminders and an upcoming event that brings a unique perspective to...
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2190 - Programs at FSA for Drought and Disaster...Getting Cattle Enough Mineral
Agriculture Today
Farm Service Agency Reporting Mineral Considerations for Cattle Cattle Risk Management 00:01:05 – Farm Service Agency Reporting: David Schemm, Kansas Farm Service Agency state executive director, starts off the show chatting about reporting producers can get done in the offices and what programs are available for drought and disasters. 00:12:05 – Mineral Considerations for Cattle: K-State cow-calf Extension specialist, Jason Warner, continues today's show as he explains the important factors of mineral for cattle and what sometimes gets forgotten by producers. ...
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2189 - Cattle Trade and Weather...Chinch Bugs Concerns
Agriculture Today
Cattle Port Facilities and Trade Chinch Bugs in Kansas Dairy Checkoff Program 00:01:05 – Cattle Port Facilities and Trade: Beginning the show is a cattle market update from Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University livestock economist, discussing his recent visit to New Mexico, what their port facilities for cattle look like and trade with other countries. 00:12:05 – Chinch Bugs in Kansas: Jeff Whitworth, K-State crop entomologist, keeps the show rolling as he chats about chinch bugs and what crops he is concerned about because of the pest. 00:23:05 ...
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2188 - Grain Trade Deal...Understanding the Past Week of Weather
Agriculture Today
Deals and Movement in the Grain Market A Look into the Weather Variety in Kansas Focus on Feedlot Data 00:01:05 – Deals and Movement in the Grain Market: Daniel O'Brien, K-State grain economist, kicks off the show as he talks about movement in futures and cash, more data from the WASDE report and the U.S. and China trade deal. 00:12:05 – A Look into the Weather Variety in Kansas: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond continues the show as he discusses the large differences in the weather for the past week and what we can be expecting for the unofficial start of...
info_outline- Grain Market Prices Falling Off
- Sericea Lespedeza Management
- Impressive Rainfalls
00:01:05 – Grain Market Prices Falling Off: Daniel O'Brien, K-State grain economist, begins the show with a grain market outlook where he explains why the futures and cash markets have fallen off.
00:12:05 – Sericea Lespedeza Management: A discussion on sericea lespedeza and its control options with K-State rangeland management specialist, Molly Reichenborn, and K-State Extension agronomist, Tina Sullivan, continues today's show.
Early Summer Control of Sericea Lespedeza
00:23:05 – Impressive Rainfalls: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond ends the show as he recaps the recent impressive rains and what temperatures he is expecting with the forecasted humidity.
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