Apr 18, 2018
On today’s episode: Restoring dry farm ponds and developing alternative watering systems for livestock; K-State Graduate School Alumni Fellow discusses the need for “agricultural literacy”; Stop, Look and Listen – rural Kansas commentary
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00:01:30 – LIVESTOCK WATERING IN A DROUGHT –
K-State watershed specialist Herschel George talks about restoring
dry farm ponds as a water source for livestock...and he discusses
the option of developing alternative watering systems, which may be
less expensive than renovating a pond.
00:12:31 – AGRICULTURAL LITERACY – The 2018 Alumni
Fellow for the Graduate School at K-State: the dean of
agriculture at New Mexico State University, Rolando Flores, offers
his thoughts on what land-grant universities and agricultural
interests in general need to be doing to improve "agriculture
literacy" in this country.
00:23:45 – 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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