🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2053 – Emerald Ash Borer…Boost for Cancer Screenings

  • Detecting Emerald Ash Borer
  • Increasing Cancer Screenings in Kansas
  • Having Healthy Calves

00:01:05 – Detecting Emerald Ash Borer: Shad Hufnagel, Kansas Forest Service forest health coordinator, begins today’s show explaining emerald ash borer and how they have identified it in another county in Kansas.

KansasForests.org

00:12:05 – Increasing Cancer Screenings in Kansas: The show continues with K-State’s Jeff Wichman as he hosts Hope Krebill and Keren Denes-Collar on Sound Living as they discuss cancer screenings and how they hope to provide it to more people.

Sound Living

00:23:05 – Having Healthy Calves: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk ends the show by saying how producers can boost their bottom line by keeping calves healthy as their value has increased.

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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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