🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1957 – Getting Ahead of Mosquitoes…Elevating Extension

  • Reducing Mosquitoes
  • Elevation of Extension, Part 1
  • Elevation of Extension, Part 2

00:01:05 – Reducing Mosquitoes: Jeff Whitworth, K-State crop entomologist, begins the show as he talks about mosquitoes. He says what is the best for managing them and the health issues they can carry.

00:12:05 – Elevation of Extension, Part 1: Continuing the show is Gregg Hadley, assistant vice president and director for Extension, and Tim Steffensmeier, assistant vice president and director of engagement and outreach at K-State, as they discuss the Elevation of Extension. They explain what it means for the University, Extension, stakeholders, farmers and ranchers. In today’s last two segments, they also say what led to this decision.

00:23:05 – Elevation of Extension, Part 2: Tim and Gregg end the show as they conclude their conversation about the Elevation of Extension.

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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

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