K-State Research and Extension News
August 01, 2012
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Agriculture Today Radio Program Wednesday, August 1


K-State crop nutrient specialist Dave Mengel discusses putting a
value on drought-stressed corn, weighing several options for
utilizing that corn other than for grain, based on an extensive
analysis of drought-damaged corn he conducted last year...he'll talk
of the forage, nutrient and conservation values to consider

Agricultural law specialist Roger McEowen looks at crop insurance
indemnities that producers will be realizing this year, and the
opportunity to defer reporting those insurance payments one year for
tax management purposes

Range and pasture management specialist Walt Fick of K-State previews
a rangeland management school for mid- and short-grass prairie
managers coming up in western Kansas later this month

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
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