- Fins, Fur and Feathers: Crappie
- Establishing Windbreaks
- Continued Improvement of Kansas Milk
00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Crappie: Beginning today’s show is part of a Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast episode with Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken as they discuss crappie and the management of them in Kansas.
00:12:05 – Establishing Windbreaks: Kansas Forest Service Southwest community and rural district forester, John Klempa, keeps the show rolling as he talks about windbreaks and what options landowners have when it comes to establishing one.
Conservation Tree Planting Schedule
00:23:05 – Continued Improvement of Kansas Milk: Mike Brouk, K-State dairy specialist, ends the show looking at 2025 data from the Central Milk Marketing Order which shows Kansas dairy producers continue to make progress in increasing butterfat content, protein percentage and decreasing somatic cell count in milk shipped off the farm.
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