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Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Oct 29, 2024

 

  • Are Recent Interest Rates Impacting Ag Rates
  • Emerald Ash Borer Continues To Spread
  • Dairy Producers Can Help 4-H Grow

 00:01:05 – Are Recent Interest Rates Impacting Ag Rates: K-State’s Brain Briggeman and Brady Brewer look at recent interest rates and how they have influenced agricultural rates and what we can possibly expect moving forward.

 AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Emerald Ash Borer Continues To Spread: Matt Norville, community forestry program coordinator for the Kansas Forest Service, discusses the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer. The invasive insect has now been confirmed in 15 Kansas counties.

 Emerald Ash Borer

Recommended Trees for Kansas 

 

00:23:05 – Dairy Producers Can Help 4-H GrowK-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk has information on how dairy producers can help increase participation in 4-H.

4-H Beyond Ready Campaign

  

 

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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