Conservation Tree Planting Program — Agriculture Today — February 7, 2019

On today’s episode: the new 2019 Kansas County-Level Cash Rents for Non-Irrigated Cropland report has just been released by K-State; the Kansas Forest Service is accepting orders for the Conservation Tree Planting program; late-winter tree care…

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00:01:29 – New Cash Rents Report Available:  K-State agricultural economist Mykel Taylor announces that the new 2019 Kansas County-Level Cash Rents for Non-Irrigated Cropland report has just been released by K-State...it identifies the average cash lease rate for dryland crop ground county-by-county, as a baseline from which farmers and their landlords can negotiate leasing arrangements for this next cropping season.

00:12:59 – Conservation Tree Planting Program:  From the Kansas Forest Service at K-State, conservation plant specialist Aaron Yoder talks about placing tree and shrub orders for delivery this spring from the state Conservation Tree Planting Program...he goes over the selection of low-cost bare root and container-grown tree and shrub species available for planting windbreaks, riparian buffers and other conservation plantings.

00:24:28 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, along with this week's edition of "Milk Lines."

00:33:00 – Late-Winter Tree Care:   Johnson County Extension horticulture agent Dennis Patton talks about pruning winter-damaged trees, and about applying dormant treatments for controlling tree insects and diseases.

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