2199 - Picking Out a Crop for Double Cropping...Helping with Weed Suppression
Release Date: 06/09/2026
2202 - Corn and Sorghum Conditions...Record Soybean Crush
Agriculture Today
What Is Happening for Corn and Sorghum Wheat and Soybean Markets Severe Weather and Excessive Rainfall 00:01:05 – What is Happening for Corn and Sorghum: K-State grain economist Daniel O'Brien and senior economist at the IGP Institute Guy Allen detail what's happening with corn and sorghum. 00:12:05 – Wheat and Soybean Markets: Daniel and Guy continue the show discussing what we are seeing with wheat and highlight the record high soybean crush. 00:23:05 – Severe Weather and Excessive Rainfall: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond ends the show...
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2201 - Insurance for Annual Forages...Controlling Weeds in Wheat Before the Combine
Agriculture Today
Annual Forage Insurance Options Controlling Weeds Before Wheat Harvest Warm Season Grasses 00:01:05 – Annual Forage Insurance Options: K-State's Jenny Ifft and John Holman start the show as they explain annual forage insurance and how producers can use it in their operation as a risk mitigation tool. 00:12:05 – Controlling Weeds Before Wheat Harvest: Sarah Ganske and Jeanne Falk Jones from K-State continue today's show as they discuss weed control before wheat harvest and why it is crucial to get control before the combine gets in the field. 00:23:05 ...
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2200 - Farm Service Agency Loans and Look Ahead...Beetles and Rootworms in Kansas Crops
Agriculture Today
Loan Opportunities with the Farm Service Agency Japanese Beetles and Corn Rootworms in Kansas Cattle Health Starting in Gestation 00:01:05 – Loan Opportunities with the Farm Service Agency: Beginning the show is David Schemm, Kansas Farm Service Agency state executive director, as he reviews FSA loan opportunities and what is coming up for the agency. 00:12:05 – Japanese Beetles and Corn Rootworms in Kansas: Jeff Whitworth, K-State crop entomologist, keeps the show rolling as he discusses Japanese beetles and corn rootworms. He explains what crops they could be...
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2199 - Picking Out a Crop for Double Cropping...Helping with Weed Suppression
Agriculture Today
Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 1 Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 2 National Dairy Month Recognition 00:01:05 – Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 1: The show starts with K-State Extension agronomists Logan Simon and Jeanne Falk Jones, as well as K-State weed specialist Sarah Ganske as they chat about options for double cropping after wheat. They talk about the different crop factors and how putting in another crop after wheat can benefit weed suppression. 00:12:05 – Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 2: Logan, Sarah and Jeanne continue the...
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2198 - More Tightening of the Cattle Market...New World Screwworm
Agriculture Today
Impacts of New World Screwworm on the Cattle Market New World Screwworm in the U.S. Jellies in Kansas Ponds and Reservoirs 00:01:05 – Impacts of New World Screwworm on the Cattle Market: A cattle market update from Elliott Dennis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist, kick starts the show as he discusses how the recent New World Screwworm news has impacted the market. 00:12:05 – New World Screwworm in the U.S.: K-State livestock entomologist, Cassandra Olds, continues today's show as she explains New World Screwworm, current concerns and what she wants...
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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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- Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 2
- National Dairy Month Recognition
00:01:05 – Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 1: The show starts with K-State Extension agronomists Logan Simon and Jeanne Falk Jones, as well as K-State weed specialist Sarah Ganske as they chat about options for double cropping after wheat. They talk about the different crop factors and how putting in another crop after wheat can benefit weed suppression.
00:12:05 – Options for Double Crop After Wheat, Part 2: Logan, Sarah and Jeanne continue the show as they keep conversing about what growers need to keep in mind.
Double Crop Options After Wheat
00:23:05 – National Dairy Month Recognition: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk ends the show discussing how Kansas farmers can participate in National Dairy Month by hosting on-farm events or using social media to demonstrate what they do "day in and day out" to produce milk to make the dairy products we all enjoy.
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