1311 — Veterans and Agriculture at the SAVE Farm…Winter Wheat Pests to be Wary Of
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History of the SAVE Farm Winter Grain Mites and Army Cutworms Learning from the K-State Dairy Days
00:01:12— History of the SAVE Farm: In honor of Veterans Day this Friday, Agriculture Today will be sharing multiple segments throughout the week highlight the SAVE Farm, a program housed on 308-acres of farmland with the goal of providing agricultural training especially to veterans and their families. Tod Bunting, chairman of the board for the SAVE Farm, joins us to share insight on the history of the program and how it has evolved over the last decade.
00:12:09 — Winter Grain Mites and Army Cutworms: K-State row crop entomologist, Jeff Whitworth, discusses winter grain mites and army cutworms. He shares insight on these wheat pests’ behavior and ways to mitigate their effects this fall and winter.
00:23:03 — Learning from the K-State Dairy Days: We end with this week’s Milk Lines where K-State dairy specialist, Mike Brouk, encourages producers to attend one of the two K-State Dairy Days being held this Thursday in Whiteside and next Tuesday in Seneca. He share that this is an opportunity to learn more about the on-going research being conducted at Kansas State.
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