🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1806 – ESA Herbicide Regulations…New Hybrid Found in Wheat Field

  • First Herbicide Following ESA Requirements
  • New Wheat and Triticale Hybrid
  • Managing a Compost Pile

00:01:05 – First Herbicide Following ESA Requirements: Sarah Lancaster, K-State weed specialist, kicks off the show discussing the first Endangered Species Act compliant herbicide. She talks about the mitigation and off-target movement rules.

First Herbicides with ESA-Compliant Herbicide Label Approved

War Against Weeds

00:12:05 – New Wheat and Triticale Hybrid: Continuing the show is Marion Spiering with the Kansas Crop Improvement Association to explain a new wheat and triticale hybrid that has been identified.

New Wheat x Triticale Hybrid Confirmed in Kansas

kscrop.org

00:23:05 – Managing a Compost Pile: K-State horticulture Extension specialist, Cynthia Domenghini, ends today’s show describing how to maintain and continue adding organic materials to compost piles this winter.

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