Soil Nutrient Analysis … Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture
Agriculture Today
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• Collecting representative soil samples from crop fields for a nutrient analysis
• A preview of Monday's Henry C. Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture
• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update
• Fall pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs…
00:01:30 – Soil Nutrient Analysis: K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz talks about collecting representative soil samples from crop fields for a nutrient analysis, which he says needs to be tailored to the producer's nutrient management objectives...he discusses sampling depth, core sample numbers and how to prepare that sample for the laboratory test.
00:13:00 – Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture: The senior executive administrator of the K-State College of Agriculture, Susan Metzger, looks ahead to the 2019 Henry C. Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture that will take place this coming Monday evening on the campus...featured this year is the former executive environmental editor for National Geographic, Dennis Dimick, who will speak on the challenges of global food security over the next 30 years.
00:24:30 – Ag News: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, including this week’s Kansas soybean update.
00:33:00 – Fall Pruning of Trees and Shrubs: K-State horticulturist Ward Upham talks about fall pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs.
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