Oct 17, 2018
On today’s episode: visits with two agricultural agents who are in Manhattan for the 2018 K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference; career opportunities in the milling, baking and feed sciences; Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”
Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.
Two Extension agricultural agents who are in Manhattan this week for the 2018 K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference:
00:01:30 – Youth Livestock Education: Twin Creeks Extension District agent Alyssa Rippe tells of a productive year for producers in the four northwest Kansas counties she serves, and she talks about a new youth livestock education series that was launched in that district.
00:012:59 – Drought, Cover Crops and
More: Lyon County Extension agent Brian Rees talks
about the challenges producers in his county faced for most of this
year from the extreme drought conditions, and he reports on pasture
management and cover crop information programs he's been conducting
in that county.
00:24:29 – Career Opportunities in Feed
Sciences: The head of the Grain Science and Industry
Department at K-State, Gordon Smith, talks about the ever-growing
career opportunities in the milling, baking and feed sciences, and
about some of the world-leading research programs his department is
taking on.
00:33:00 – "Stop, Look and Listen": K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.
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K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.