K-State agronomist Jim Shroyer shares his post-harvest notes from the
2012 Kansas wheat production season: he talks about how rotation
management made a big difference in yields in the drier parts of the
state, and discusses why producers should not totally abandon wheat
varieties that have lost their resistance to rust disease


K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth has the latest scouting
report on insect threats to Kansas row crops, focusing this time on
stinkbugs and chinch bugs in corn and grasshoppers in waterways and
field borders


K-State agricultural economist Allen Featherstone previews the 2012
Risk and Profit Conference at K-State, coming up in
August...registrations for which are being taken now


And for this week's horticulture segment, K-State horticulturist
Dennis Patton talks about keeping lawns and gardens well watered
through the current heat wave


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