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Jul 23, 2024

  • Controlling Warm-Season Perennial Grasses
  • Cooperative Health and Leadership Symposium
  • A Look at the Federal Milk Marketing Order Proposal

 

00:01:05 – Controlling Warm-Season Perennial Grasses: Starting today’s show is K-State weed scientist, Jeremie Kouame, with information on warm-season perennial grasses and what people can do when trying to control them.

Control Options for Warm-Season Perennial Grasses

 

00:12:05 – Cooperative Health and Leadership Symposium: Brian Briggeman, director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, continues the show as he discusses the health of cooperatives, an anniversary for the center and an upcoming symposium for people interested in cooperatives.

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Leadership Symposium for Cooperatives

 

00:23:05 – A Look at the Federal Milk Marketing Order Proposal: The U.S Department of Agriculture has released a recommended decision to update all 11 Federal Milk Marketing orders. To end today’s show is K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk as he takes a closer look at the proposal, which includes changes to pricing formulas and milk composition factors. 

 

 

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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