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Radio stations are free to use clips from any of the episodes below. Time codes and descriptions for each segment are listed in the show notes. 

A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Aug 31, 2020

• The weekly cattle market update

• The state of livestock veterinary services in rural areas

• Agricultural news headlines

• Final preparations for 48 Hours of 4-H…

00:01:30 – Cattle Market Update:  Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University is featured on this week's cattle market segment:  he...


Aug 28, 2020

• The weekly grain market update

• Estimating soybean yields

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien comments on this week's market action, which featured an impressive rally in soybean...


Aug 27, 2020

• Using fungicide seed treatments when planting wheat

• It’s almost time to order trees and shrubs from the Conservation Tree Planting program

• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update

• Successfully planting a cool-season lawn…

00:01:30 – Fungicide Seed Treatments for Wheat:  K-State wheat...


Aug 26, 2020

• Researching high-speed crop planting technology

• Current trends in non-traditional agricultural financing

• Agricultural news

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – High-Speed Planting Technology:  K-State precision agricultural engineer Ajay Sharda talks about the new project...


Aug 25, 2020

• Wheat seed quality and availability heading into planting season

• Details of the USDA's Farm Storage Facilities Loan program

• Agricultural news, and the latest “Milk Lines”

• Reported increase in urban rat activity during the pandemic…

00:01:30 – Wheat Seed Quality and Availability:  The seed...