May 27, 2020
• Selecting a summer annual forage for planting
• An agricultural law update
• Agricultural news headlines
• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”
00:01:30 – Summer Annual Forage Selection: K-State cropping systems agronomist John Holman talks about selecting a summer annual forage for planting over the next several weeks: he goes over several general guidelines on choosing a forage for the intended feedstuff need, with a particular emphasis on expected performance in dry weather, based on K-State field trials.
00:12:52 – Agricultural Law Update: Washburn University professor of agricultural law Roger McEowen looks at the legal protections afforded agricultural cooperatives against anti-trust claims, and how the courts have interpreted those over the years...he ties this back to questions arising recently about the meatpacking industry.
00:24:14 – Ag News: A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.
00:32:18 – "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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