K-State beef veterinarian Larry Hollis returns, to caution cattle
producers about feeding high-nitrate forage to their herds this fall
and winter, given that lots of baled forage is testing dangerously
high in nitrates as a result of the drought

A resource conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Corey Nelson, reminds producers and landowners that the
deadline for applying for current-year Environmental Quality
Incentives Program funding is only three weeks away...he goes over
the E-Q-I-P application process

Today's report from the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis
features Kansas FFA state president Emily Beneda from the Wilson FFA
chapter

And for this week's horticulture segment, K-State Extension agent
Chuck Otte talks about how to successfully attract birds to the home
landscape this fall and winter

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 the Agriculture
Today 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