🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2272 – Wildlife Program Options for Landowners…Cereal Rye and Other Cover Crops

  • Fins, Fur and Feathers: Programs for Landowners
  • Cover Crop Reactions to Past Herbicide Use
  • Safety on the Dairy Farm

00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Programs for Landowners: Starting today’s show is part of a Fins, Fur and Feathers podcast episode with Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken as they talk about what programs are available for landowners to use to benefit the land and wildlife.

Fins, Fur and Feathers

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00:12:05 – Cover Crop Reactions to Past Herbicide Use: Sarah Ganske, K-State weed specialist, continues the show discussing cover crop options growers have available. She says what they need to pay special attention to, especially when it comes to herbicides.

Cover Crop Response to Herbicides

Conduct Soil Bioassays to Determine Herbicide Carryover Potential

Cereal Rye Control in Wheat

00:23:05 – Safety on the Dairy Farm: K-State dairy specialist, Mike Brouk, wraps up the show explaining four ways producers can assess and improve safety on the dairy farm as September is National Farm Safety and Health Month.

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

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.

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