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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.

Oct 16, 2019

• Insect issues in emerging winter wheat

• An agricultural law update

• Agricultural news headlines

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

00:01:30 – Insects in Emerging Winter Wheat:  K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth returns with an update on insect issues in emerging winter wheat, and how a producer can determine whether they're enough of a threat to merit treatment:  he'll have the latest scouting report on armyworms, army cutworms, aphids, wheat curl mites and winter grain mites.

00:13:01 – Agricultural Law Update:  Agricultural law professor Roger McEowen of the Washburn University School of Law talks about a new ruling out of the U.S. Supreme Court that favors agricultural producers and other landowners...it has to do with regulatory "takings" provisions and the extent to which a landowner can appeal an adverse takings ruling at the state level up to the federal court level.

00:24:32 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:33:03 – "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.