Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman recaps the 2012 Kansas
Legislature action relevant to agriculture, beyond the major changes
in water use and appropriation law: increased protection for
livestock producers from fradulent activity by anti-animal
agriculture factions, new guidelines for county-by-county approval of
corporate swine production, and modifications to improve the state
meat and poultry inspection program


From the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Water
Resources, Lane Letourneau then talks in detail about the process of
irrigators participating in the newly-revamped multi-year flex
account program...with key deadlines on that coming up


Today's wheat harvest update features Extension agricultural agent
Todd Whitney of the River Valley Extension District in north-central
Kansas


And K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee talks about a new lawsuit
against the E-P-A over the use of lead shot in hunting, and the
adverse impact on non-target wildlife species


Agriculture Today is broadcast each weekday morning at 10:00 on KFRM
Radio, Clay Center (550 AM) and KLOE Radio, Goodland (730 AM), which
collectively reach 75 counties in Kansas, parts of southern Nebraska,
eastern Colorado and northern Oklahoma...the broadcast can also be
heard over the K-State Radio Network website. Also see Agriculture Today
Radio archives.


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Story by: Eric Atkinson
agguy@ksu.edu
K-State Research & Extension News