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Radio stations are free to use clips from any of the episodes below. Time codes and descriptions for each segment are listed in the show notes. 

A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Oct 14, 2020

• An agricultural law update

• A preview of this year’s K-State Swine Day

• Agricultural news

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Agricultural Law Update:  Professor of agricultural law and taxation Roger McEowen of the Washburn University School of Law comments on another recent court decision involving a family dispute over a farm estate...this time, the handling of a trust's assets by the designated trustee was brought into question, and the ruling demonstrated that a trustee must practice fiduciary care in administering a trust which involves others.

00:12:54 – K-State Swine Day 2020:  K-State swine specialist Mike Tokach has the rundown on K-State's 2020 Swine Day...a highly popular informational event for producers that will be held virtually this year on the mornings of November 18th and 19th.

00:24:12 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:29 – "Stop, Look and Listen":  K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.

 

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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 Eric Atkinson 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.