K-State Agriculture Today: 1619 – Crop Pest and Cicadas…Dicamba

  • Early Season Pest
  • Dicamba Vacated
  • Changing Climate Changes Gardening

 

00:01:05 – Early Season Pest: Starting today’s show is K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth with information about the early season pest winter grain mites. He also shares about cicadas and why they shouldn’t impact crops.

 

00:12:05 – Dicamba Vacated: Sarah Lancaster, K-State weed specialist, keeps the show rolling by discussing dicamba and what she recommends producers do as they wait to see what happens in the courts.

Vacated Registration of Dicamba Products Impacts Kansas Agriculture – KDA

Fertilizer Recommendations Publication – MF2586

2024 Chemical Weed Control Guide – SRP1183

 

00:23:05 – Changing Climate Changes Gardening: Kansas State University Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, Chuck Rice, completes today’s show by saying one of the greatest challenges we face is gardening for a changing climate. We pass along some of his thoughts from the latest K-State Garden Hour.

K-State Garden Hour

 

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

 

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.

 

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