K-State wheat disease specialist Erick DeWolf discusses the harvest-
time appearance of common bunt in several Kansas wheat fields,
leading to substantial price discounts at the elevator...he talks
about managing against this disease for the benefit of next year's
wheat production


K-State row crop disease specialist Doug Jardine reports on gray leaf
spot disease turning up now in Kansas corn fields, and the impending
threat of Goss' wilt disease moving in as well


Today's wheat harvest update features Extension agricultural agent
Cynthia Dixon of Rawlins County


And for this week's horticulture segment, K-State horticulturist
Ward Upham talks about garden vegetables that aren't producing fruit,
and bagworm control in landscape evergreens


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