K-State Agriculture Today: 1674 – Bagworms…Construction on Campus

  • Bagworms Taking on Trees
  • April Statewide and Campus Update
  • Cleaning the Landscape After a Storm

 

00:01:05 – Bagworms Taking on Trees: Beginning today’s show is Blaine Stroble, Northeast community district forester with the Kansas Forest Service, to discuss bagworms and how they damage trees but also be managed.

Bagworms

KansasForests.org

 

00:12:05 – April Statewide and Campus Update: K-State’s Ernie Minton keeps the show rolling by discussing his monthly Statewide e-newsletter. He also mentions what is currently taking place on K-State’s Manhattan campus.

April Statewide

Link to subscribe to Statewide newsletter

KLA.org

 

00:23:05 – Cleaning the Landscape After a Storm: Cynthia Domenghini, a horticulture and garden management instructor in Kansas State University’s Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, ends today’s show by providing information for cleaning up a storm-damaged landscape.

 

 

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