Jan 13, 2021
• Genetic advances in soybean breeding
• The 2021 Cover Your Acres Conference
• Thoughts from the outgoing FSA director
• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”
00:01:30 – Soybean Breeding Advances: K-State soybean breeder Bill Schapaugh provides an update on the genetic advances in soybeans now being realized in the university's breeding program, funded in great part by soybean producers: among other things, he talks about how using remote sensing and genomic selection are dramatically speeding up the timetable for new variety development.
00:12:55 – Cover Your Acres Conference 2021: K-State crop production specialist Lucas Haag previews the 2021 Cover Your Acres Conference for crop producers in the High Plains, set for next week...it will be a virtual event this year, and is loaded with good information on irrigation and weed control economics, soil fertility challenges and herbicide management.
00:24:18 – Outgoing Farm Service Agency Director: The outgoing director of the Farm Service Agency in Kansas, David Schemm, reflects on some of the F-S-A achievements in the state over the past four years.
00:32:40 – "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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