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Jul 2, 2025

  • One Big, Beautiful Bill in D.C.
  • Wheat Diseases at Harvest
  • Veterinary Students Wanting to Practice in Rural Kansas

 

00:01:05 – One Big, Beautiful Bill in D.C.: K-State and Washburn law professor Roger McEowen kicks off the show by discussing the One Big, Beautiful Bill and providing scenarios of how this bill impacts people.

Roger on AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Wheat Diseases at Harvest: The show keeps rolling with Kelsey Andersen Onofre, K-State wheat pathologist, as she mentions what diseases wheat growers could be seeing at harvest.

Wheat Harvest: Identifying Disease Problems and Setting Harvest Priorities

 

00:23:05 – Veterinary Students Wanting to Practice in Rural Kansas: Brad White, Bob Larson and Dustin Pendell end today’s show with part of a Cattle Chat podcast from the Beef Cattle Institute, where they talk about the Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas.

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