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Jul 30, 2020

• Confined cow herd feeding when pastures run out of forage

• Safety concerns when harvesting and putting up feedlot silage

• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update

• Home landscape insect pests…

00:01:30 – Confined Cow Herd Feeding:  K-State beef systems specialist Jaymelynn Farney is joined by University of Nebraska cow-calf nutritionist Karla Wilke, as they discuss confined cow herd feeding when pastures run out of forage...they look at the feedstuffs that can work well for this purpose.

00:12:57 – Silage Harvest Safety:  K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner talks about keeping safety at the forefront when harvesting and putting up feedlot silage in the coming weeks...he points out that the fast-paced activity at silage harvest time is ripe for dangerous hazards and mishaps.

00:24:19 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, including this week’s Kansas soybean update.

00:32:22 – Home Landscape Insect Pests:  K-State horticultural entomologist Raymond Cloyd discusses more insects that are damaging landscape trees and ornamentals currently, and what to do about them...including mimosa webworms, green June beetles and Japanese beetles.

 

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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 Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

 

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