K-State soil management specialist DeAnn Presley offers several
thoughts on growing a cover crop on wheat acreage after harvest,
based on many years of K-State field research: she talks about soil-
building capacity of certain cover crops, and what they do for water
infiltration, reducing soil compaction and improving organic matter
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K-State agricultural engineer Joe Harner discusses heat abatement in
the dairy herd during these abusively hot days: how to identify
severe heat stress in the dairy cow, and what to troubleshoot for in
the herd cooling system


And K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen",
his weekly commentary on rural Kansas


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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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

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