Jun 28, 2024
- USDA Report Moving Grain Market
- Fungal Diseases in Corn
- Hot and Dry Weather Forecast
00:01:05 – USDA Report Moving Grain Market: Dan O’Brien, K-State grain economist, begins the show with this week’s grain market outlook. Dan discusses the USDA acreage and grain stocks report and how it could move the market.
00:12:05 – Fungal Diseases in Corn: K-State row crop plant pathology specialist, Rodrigo Onofre, continues today’s show by reviewing corn diseases that growers could be seeing in their fields. He also says how fungicides can be used to control them.
Fungicide Considerations for Corn Diseases in 2024
Update - Tar Spot is Now Active in Four Counties in Northeast Kansas
00:23:05 – Hot and Dry Weather Forecast: Ending the show is Chip Redmond, K-State meteorologist, with a weather update. Chip explains what weather Kansans can be expecting moving forward and why.
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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 Shelby Varner 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