Foliar Fungicide Efficacy Ratings … Shattercane Resistance in Kansas

• K-State's latest foliar fungicide efficacy ratings for wheat disease management

• Shattercane resistance confirmed in Kansas

• The latest agricultural news

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Foliar Fungicide Efficacy Ratings:  K-State wheat disease specialist Kelsey Andersen reports that K-State's latest foliar fungicide efficacy ratings for wheat disease management are now available to wheat growers...timely information as one plans their fungicide application strategy as needed...she shares two examples of how that can those ratings can be helpful in dealing with two current disease issues, tan spot and stripe rust.

00:12:56 – Shattercane Resistance in Kansas:  K-State weed scientist Vipan Kumar tells grain sorghum producers that shattercane resistance to some of the new over-the-top sorghum herbicides has now been confirmed in Kansas...he advises growers who are planting the new herbicide-tolerant sorghum hybrids to be alert to this possible resistance situation.

00:24:20 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:30 – "Stop, Look and Listen":  K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.

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