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A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Jan 29, 2020

• Assessing the realities of late-emerging wheat

• A preview of next month’s “Feeding Your Future” event at K-State

• Agricultural news headlines

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Late-Emerging Wheat:  K-State ​wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato talks about the chances for late-emerging or non-emerging wheat to still produce a decent yield, now that drier areas of Kansas have been replenished with moisture of late...he cites K-State research on the yield potential of such late stands, saying that producers in this situation should evaluate that carefully.

00:12:55 – “Feeding Your Future”:  From the Grain Science and Industry Department at K-State, Greg Aldrich, Fran Churchill and Jason Watt preview a special event coming up on the K-State campus on Saturday, February 8th...it's called "Feeding Your Future", and it will provide prospective students a hands-on introduction ​to the lucrative career fields of feed science, milling science and baking science.

00:24:09 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:24 – "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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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.

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.