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Jun 29, 2021

  • FSA Coffee Talk
  • Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
  • Ag news
  • Owl Rodent Control

 

 

00:01:08 – FSA Coffee Talk-- Acting state director Chuck Pettijohn of the Farm Service Agency covers an assortment of USDA program items:  among them, the latest on CFAP and WHIP payments, ​and the deadlines on reporting crop acres and prevented plantings information....he also talks about the expected appointment of the FSA state director and state FSA committee

 

 

00:12:15 – Wheat Harvest Progress--Today's wheat harvest update features Extension agricultural agent Ron Honig of the Wild West Extension District, which covers Haskell, Seward and Stevens counties in southwest Kansas

 

00:23:15 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, plus this week’s edition of Milk Lines with K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk

 

00:31:04 – Owl Rodent Control--On this week's wildlife management segment, former K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee reports on new research of barn owls as an alternative

 

 

 

 

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