🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1822 – Acorns for Wildlife…More than the Price of Wheat

  • Fins, Fur and Feathers: Wildlife Eating Acorns
  • Beyond the Value of the Wheat Grain
  • Dairy Cow Flooring

00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Wildlife Eating Acorns: Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken with part of their Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast kick off today’s show. The pair discuss acorns and how people can manage for them for deer and other species to eat.

Fins, Fur and Feathers

K-State Wildlife

00:12:05 – Beyond the Value of the Wheat Grain: K-State’s Romulo Lollato and Kansas Wheat’s Aaron Harries continue the show as they explain their new campaign that is intended to help growers and others be able to share about the value received from wheat beyond the price.

Wheat’s On Your Mind Podcast with Romulo

Beyond Grain Publication

kswheat.com

KSUWheat on Facebook

KSUWheat on X/Twitter

00:23:05 – Dairy Cow Flooring: Ending today’s show is Mike Brouk, K-State dairy specialist, as he says dairy cow flooring should provide traction, be easy to clean, durable and smooth enough to reduce wear on hooves. Mike discusses different flooring options.

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

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