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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.

Dec 16, 2020

• Results from results of K-State's 2020 Corn Hybrid Performance Test

• Agricultural news

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

00:01:30 – Corn Hybrid Performance Test Results:  K-State agronomist Jane Lingenfelser covers the results of K-State's 2020 Corn Hybrid Performance Test, which evaluated hybrids at 15 dryland and irrigated test locations around Kansas—she’ll go over the growing conditions this past season and how they impacted the field trials...and she highlights, location by location, the top-yielding hybrids.

00:12:50 – Corn Hybrid Performance Test Results (Part 2):  More from K-State agronomist Jane Lingenfelser’s overview of K-State's 2020 Corn Hybrid Performance Test, including results from the short season trials in southeast Kansas, and the irrigated trials out west… as well as how growers can best use the performance test information in their hybrid selection decisions for 2021 production.

00:24:10 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:30 – "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.