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Jan 22, 2025

  • FSA Program Recap and Administration Changes
  • Great Plains Cotton Conference
  • Preparing for Calving

 

00:01:05 – FSA Program Recap and Administration Changes: Kicking off today’s show is Marissa Kepley, Kansas Farm Service Agency farm loan specialist, with updates and deadline reminders for FSA programs. She also touches on the change in administration.

Farmers.gov 

Service Centers

 

00:12:05 – Great Plains Cotton Conference: K-State Extension agronomist Logan Simon continues the show, previewing the Great Plains Cotton Conference. He says what information they are bringing to current and prospective cotton growers.

lsimon@ksu.edu 

217-617-0290

Great Plains Cotton Conference

 

00:23:05 – Preparing for Calving: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Brad White, Bob Larson, Phillip Lancaster and Brian Lubbers wrap up our Wednesday show with a segment about how to be ready for calving season from their Cattle Chat podcast.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

 

 

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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