🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1991 – Staying Safe with Silage…Respiratory Hazards Around Silage

  • Respiratory Concerns with Silage, Part 1
  • Respiratory Concerns with Silage, Part 2
  • Pest Damage in the Landscape

00:01:05 – Respiratory Concerns with Silage, Part 1: Beginning today’s show is Mitch Ricketts, professor of agricultural safety and health at K-State, with two segments as he talks about respiratory hazards with silage. He explains the concerns, what causes them and what growers need to be watchful of. Mitch also mentions what people need to do if something does happen and a person is unconscious.

00:12:05 – Respiratory Concerns with Silage, Part 2: Mitch continues the show and his conversation.

Protecting Yourself from Respiratory Hazards in Agriculture

00:23:05 – Pest Damage in the Landscape: K-State horticultural entomologist, Raymond Cloyd, ends the show discussing the potential damage Japanese beetle adults, green June beetle adults, mimosa webworms and fall armyworms can cause and whether any control measures should be taken.

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