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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.

Nov 17, 2020

• Herbicide-resistant grain sorghum hybrids

• Two new program sign-up opportunities are on the way

• Agricultural news, and the latest “Milk Lines”

• A new study on bobwhite quail movement…

00:01:30 – Herbicide-Resistant Grain Sorghum Hybrids:  K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster discusses what's coming on in the way of herbicide-resistant grain sorghum hybrids, and if anything will be available to growers in 2021:  she goes over K-State's field trial results which measured the weed control efficacy of these new sorghum production systems.

00:12:48 – New Program Sign-Up Opportunities:  On the latest edition of FSA Coffee Talk, the chief of the conservation and price support division of the Farm Service Agency in Kansas, Carla Wicoff, announces that a new general Conservation Reserve Program sign-up will take place early in 2021, and that another Grasslands CRP enrollment will be conducted this coming spring...she covers all the details of the application process for each.

00:23:58 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, along with this week's edition of "Milk Lines."

00:32:02 – Bobwhite Quail Movement:  Former K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee reports on a new study out of Texas, which rendered valuable information on bobwhite quail movement within its native habitat.

 

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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.