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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.

Jun 3, 2020

• Double-cropping soybeans or grain sorghum after wheat

• Herbicide options for controlling late-emerging weeds in wheat stands

• Agricultural news headlines

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

00:01:30 – Double-Cropping After Wheat:  K-State crop production specialist Ignacio Ciampitti discusses double-cropping soybeans or grain sorghum after wheat this year...covering variety and hybrid selection for days to maturity, adjustments to row spacing and seeding rates and what K-State field trials say about yield expectations from double-cropping.

00:12:53 – Late-Emerging Weeds in Wheat:  K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster reviews the herbicide options for controlling late-emerging weeds in wheat stands that could adversely impact the harvest...she focuses on the efficacy of pre-harvest treatments and on the harvest waiting intervals for each product.

00:24:13 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:18 – "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.