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K-State Research and Extension…New Deer Repellent Strategy

Dec 17, 2019

• A review of the past year for K-State Research and Extension

• Agricultural news, and the latest “Milk Lines”

• A new idea in deer repellent products…

00:01:30 – K-State Research and Extension:  The director for Extension at K-State, Gregg Hadley, reflects on the achievements of the Cooperative Extension Service in Kansas this past year, and looks forward to Extension's game plan for 2020: he talks about the emphasis on programs dealing with rural stress, a priority that will carry over into the new year as well.

00:12:55 – K-State Research and Extension (Part 2):  Continued discussion with Gregg Hadley, director of K-State Research and Extension. In this segment, he discusses other 2020 initiatives in the areas of succession planning and local food systems...and he ​reports on the addition of another Extension district this past year, with two more districts lining up for approval in 2020.

00:24:07 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, along with this week's edition of "Milk Lines."

00:32:29 – New Deer Repellent Strategy:  K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee looks at a new idea in deer repellent products, based on using tannins from plants as the main ingredient.

 

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