- Feeding Wheat to Pigs
- Managing Fire Risks in Agriculture
- Work is Paying Off for Dairy
00:01:05 – Feeding Wheat to Pigs: Starting today’s show is K-State Extension swine specialist, Joel DeRouchey, and K-State swine PhD student, Ethan Stas, as they explain their recent research in feeding wheat to pigs.
Fact Sheets: Feeding Wheat and Co-Products
00:12:05 – Managing Fire Risks in Agriculture: Dennis Carlson, assistant fire management officer with the Kansas Forest Service, keeps the show rolling with reminders about managing fire risks on operations. He discusses a few things to do to mitigate the risks but also what to do if a fire ignites.
Control and Prevention of Hay Fires
00:23:05 – Work is Paying Off for Dairy: To end today’s show, K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk says the milk production trends across the U.S. show that the hard work dairy producers have been putting into their operation is paying off.
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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
