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Jun 18, 2025

  • Agricultural Law and Taxation Common Questions
  • Scouting and Controlling Tar Spot
  • Monitoring Cattle on Pasture

 

00:01:05 – Agricultural Law and Taxation Common Questions: K-State and Washburn law professor, Roger McEowen, kicks off today’s show discussing what a legacy is, liability of blowing dirt, what a trade or business is, and accessing landlocked parcels.

A Legacy is More Than "Stuff" and...Other "Stuff"

Roger on AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Scouting and Controlling Tar Spot: Keeping the show rolling is K-State row crop plant pathologist, Rodrigo Onofre, as he explains where tar spot is in Kansas and how growers can handle this corn disease.

Low Levels of Tar Spot Have Been Confirmed in Kansas

kscorn.com/corndisease

Rodrigo - 785-477-0171

 

00:23:05 – Monitoring Cattle on Pasture: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Cattle Chat podcast with Brad White, Dustin Pendell, Phillip Lancaster, Bob Larson and Jordana Zimmermann ends the show conversing about checking in on cattle health while they are out on pasture.

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