🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2268 – FSA Learning More About Producers…Leaf Scorch on Trees

  • FSA Traveling and Learning Around the State
  • Tree Needs and Leaf Scorch, Part 1
  • Tree Needs and Leaf Scorch, Part 2

00:01:05 – FSA Traveling and Learning Around the State: The show starts with David Schemm, state executive director of the Kansas Farm Service Agency, as he highlights the traveling he and county office employees have been doing to learn more and benefit Kansas producers.

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00:12:05 – Tree Needs and Leaf Scorch, Part 1: Kansas Forest Service forest health coordinator, Shad Hufnagel, continues the show as he chats about what could be happening with trees due to the past hot and dry weather. He explains leaf scorch and what people can observe in their trees and how they can help them.

00:23:05 – Tree Needs and Leaf Scorch, Part 2: Shad concludes his conversation to end today’s show.

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