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Aug 8, 2022

  • USDA Reports on Land Values and Beef Exports
  • A Heads Up for Fall Armyworms
  • Threats Against Monarch Butterflies and Sturgeon

 

00:01:00 – USDA Reports on Land Values and Beef Exports: Iowa State University livestock economist Lee Schulz covers two recent USDA reports. One deals with land values and the other with U.S. beef exports for the first half of the year

USDA Land Values Summary

Farmland Values Decision Making Tool 

00:12:00 – A Heads Up for Fall Armyworms: Anthony Zukoff, K-State Extension entomologist, provides information on a pest that nearly all producers should be wary of this fall – fall armyworms

00:23:00 – Threats Against Monarch Butterflies and Sturgeon: On this week's wildlife management segment, K-State fisheries and aquatics specialist Joe Gerken covers the latest Red List and the current threats against Monarch Butterflies and all species of sturgeon

IUCN Red List

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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 Samantha Bennett and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

 

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