998—Cover Crop Benefits…USDA Farm Payments
Agriculture Today
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Cover Crop Performance USDA Program Notes Agricultural News Headlines Farm Pond Aeration Options
00:01:07--Cover Crop Performance--K-State soil scientist Augustine Obour reports on his latest cover crop field research...he's been evaluating an array of cool-season cover crops for their forage productivity and soil health impacts in a fallow cropping system...and he's discovered a number of positives associated with those cover crops
00:12:09--USDA Program Notes--On the latest edition of FSA Coffee Talk, agricultural program chief Todd Barrows of the Farm Service Agency offers several reminders to producers about USDA programs...he discusses the upcoming ARC and PLC payments on 2020 crop production, and he advises producers to update their required farm operating plans this fall
00:23:11--Agricultural News--Eric Atkinson takes a look at today’s agricultural news headlines, and K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk presents this week’s edition of Milk Lines
00:31:00--Pond Aeration Options--On this week's wildlife management segment, former K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee takes a look at farm pond aeration systems, comparing the types of aeration and their benefits
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