Jun 22, 2023
- K-State Sheep and Goat Center and Kansas Profile
- Annual Forage Insurance
- Container Gardening
00:01:05 – K-State Sheep and Goat Center and Kansas Profile: Beginning today’s show is Payton Dahmer, supervisor of the K-State Sheep and Goat Center, to discuss what is taking place at the center. We are also joined by Ron Wilson for a Kansas Profile with information about the Stafford County Port Authority.
00:12:05 – Annual Forage Insurance: K-State Extension agriculture policy specialist Jenny Ifft continues the show with information about annual forage insurance. She says there were 135,000 Kansas acres enrolled in it last year.
Annual Forage Insurance Information on AgManager.info
00:23:11 – Container Gardening: Rounding out today’s show is K-State nursery crop and marketing specialist, Cheryl Boyer. She says new research is focusing on using substrate stratification to reduce water use, especially in larger containers.
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