🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2110 – Using Nitrate Concentrations to Reduce Fertilizer…Lowering Drinking Water Contamination

  • Reducing Fertilizer Costs and Water Contamination, Part 1
  • Reducing Fertilizer Costs and Water Contamination, Part 2
  • Somatic Cell Count Data

00:01:05 – Reducing Fertilizer Costs and Water Contamination, Part 1: In the first two segments of the show Micah Cameron-Harp, K-State assistant professor in the department of agricultural economics, and Matt Kirk, professor of geology at K-State, explain how nitrate concentration levels in water and be used to reduce fertilizer costs and contamination of drinking water.

00:12:05 – Reducing Fertilizer Costs and Water Contamination, Part 2: Micah and Matt continue their conversation talking about how this is valuable for agriculture and communities.

Using Irrigation Nitrate Concentrations – Paper on AgManager.info

Soil Test Interpretations and Fertilizer Recommendations in Kansas

mcameronharp@ksu.edu

mfkirk@ksu.edu

00:23:05 – Somatic Cell Count Data: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk ends the show discussing the benefits of obtaining individual somatic cell count data. He says the data helps track new infections and identify those cows with high somatic cell count.

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