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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.

Apr 29, 2024

  • Impacting the Cattle Market
  • Soil Moisture and Temperatures for Cotton Planting
  • Bluegill Spawning and Fishing

 

00:01:05 – Impacting the Cattle Market: A cattle market update with Tyler Cozzens, agricultural economist with the Livestock Marketing Information Center, begins today’s show. He talks about the current market and what is happening in the industry that is impacting it.

 

00:12:05 – Soil Moisture and Temperature for Cotton Planting: Continuing the show is K-State Extension agronomists Logan Simon and Lucas Haag with reminders about planting cotton. They explain the importance of soil temperature and moisture.

Soil Temperature, Weather Forecast and Seed Quality are Critical for Cotton Establishment

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cotton.ces.ncsu.edu

 

00:23:05 – Bluegill Spawning and Fishing: Joe Gerken wraps up today’s show as he says how bluegill will begin spawning soon. This K-State fisheries and aquatics Extension specialist also says when the best time to try and check them is.

 

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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.

 

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