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Radio stations are free to use clips from any of the episodes below. Time codes and descriptions for each segment are listed in the show notes. 

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.

Aug 8, 2023

  • Farm Bill and Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Sorghum Insects
  • Dairy Industry in 2022

 

00:01:05 – Farm Bill and Commodity Credit Corporation: K-State law professor, Roger McEowen, and K-State agriculture policy specialist, Jenny Ifft, begin today’s show by discussing Commodity Credit Corporation Loans and how they relate to the farm bill.

 

00:12:05 – Sorghum Insects: The show continues with Jeff Whitworth a crop entomologist at K-State as he talks about ragworms and headworms and what they mean for producers. He also gives an update on chinch bugs.

Crop Insects in Kansas

 

00:23:03 – Dairy Industry in 2022: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk completes the show by talking about a recently-released report by the Milk Market Administrators Office in Kansas City that details how Kansas dairy farmers fared nationally in 2022 and some of the emerging trends in the dairy industry.

 

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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 Shelby Varner 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.