• Fins, Fur and Feathers: Bobwhite Quail
• Preparing Trees for Severe Weather
• Requirements Before Showing Livestock

00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Bobwhite Quail: Part of an episode of Fins, Fur and Feathers from K-State’s Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken kicks off today’s show. Drew and Joe discuss bobwhite quail and how predators can impact their population.

Fins, Fur and Feathers

Wildlife.k-state.edu

00:12:05 – Preparing Trees for Severe Weather: Kansas Forest Service forest health coordinator, Shad Hufnagel, continues the show by explaining why people should check their trees before spring weather in Kansas. He says what his recommendations are and what people should watch for.

KansasForests.org

WRAP

00:23:05 – Requirements Before Showing Livestock: Ending the show is K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk as he makes listeners aware of requirements that might be present for showing their animals. Mike notes the primary concern is making sure the animals are disease-free.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Positive Cattle Market
• 2025 College of Agriculture Alumni Fellow: Renée McReynolds Laird, Part 1
• 2025 College of Agriculture Alumni Fellow: Renée McReynolds Laird, Part 2

00:01:05 – Positive Cattle Market: K-State livestock economist, Glynn Tonsor starts off today’s show with a cattle market update. He discusses the market while also touching on feedlot returns, domestic demand and export demand.

Glynn on AgManager.info

00:12:05 – 2025 College of Agriculture Alumni Fellow: Renée McReynolds Laird, Part 1: Keeping the show rolling is the 2025 Alumni Fellow from the College of Agriculture, Renée McReynolds Laird. Renée talks about how her career has changed through the years and what helped her move forward. She also explains what it was like to leave the farm, but still regularly return home.

Alumni Fellow

00:23:05 – 2025 College of Agriculture Alumni Fellow: Renée McReynolds Laird, Part 2: Renée continues the show and conversation as she discusses the value of mental health in agriculture.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Where the Grain Market is Right Now
• Diesel Fuel Price Expectations
• June Weather Pattern in April

00:01:05 – Where the Grain Market is Right Now: K-State grain economist, Dan O'Brien, jumpstarts the show with a grain market outlook. Dan says where the market currently is and what he is keeping an eye on.

Dan O'Brien on AgManager.info

00:12:05 – Diesel Fuel Price Expectations: Continuing the show is K-State Extension farm economist, Gregg Ibendahl, reviewing his recent publication that looks into diesel prices for 2025. He states the biggest contributors to price changes. We are also joined by Andres Garcia as he shares about his work in the grain market.

Diesel Fuel Price Outlook for 2025

00:23:05 – June Weather Pattern in April: Chip Redmond, K-State meteorologist, concludes today's show with his weather forecast explaining how our current weather pattern is similar to what usually happens in June and whether that is good or bad.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Protecting Agricultural Operations and Their Assets, Part 1
• Protecting Agricultural Operations and Their Assets, Part 2
• Adding Easter Lilies to the Landscape

00:01:05 – Protecting Agricultural Operations and Their Assets, Part 1: Beginning today’s show is a conversation about protecting agricultural operations and working to keep them safe. Detective with the Butler County Sheriff's Office, Robby Chandler, shares his farm security recommendations for farmers and ranchers in two segments.

00:12:05 – Protecting Agricultural Operations and Their Assets, Part 2: Robby discusses tips for keeping property and equipment safe, but also what people should do if their assets do unfortunately get stolen. He also says what allows things to have a better chance of being recovered.

00:23:05 – Adding Easter Lilies to the Landscape: K-State instructor and Extension horticulture specialist, Cynthia Domenghini, ends the show explaining the process for moving Easter lilies into the home landscape.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Can Retirement Accounts be Used for Farming and Ranching?
• Stripe Rust and Other Wheat Diseases
• Cattle Prolapses

00:01:05 – Can Retirement Accounts be Used for Farming and Ranching?: Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, starts off today’s show discussing using an IRA for farmland, using a 401(k) retirement account for startup capital and gifting property that still has debt.

Estate and Transition Planning Potpourri

Roger on AgManager.info

00:12:05 – Stripe Rust and Other Wheat Diseases: Keeping the show rolling is K-State wheat pathologist Kelsey Andersen Onofre as she explains if wheat growers need to be concerned about stripe rust. She also touches on other diseases wheat growers could see.

eUpdate.agronomy.ksu.edu

Wheat Variety Guide

Wheat Stripe Rust

Wheat Disease Identification

00:23:05 – Cattle Prolapses: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Brad White, Bob Larson, Phillip Lancaster, Dustin Pendell and Brian Lubbers end the show as they share thoughts on prolapses in cattle.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Crop Yield Potential Estimates
• KFMA: Residual Fertilizer Deductions
• Warmer Weather Impacts Milk Production

00:01:05 – Crop Yield Potential Estimates: Romulo Lollato, K-State wheat production specialist, kicks off today’s show as he explains research he was a part of that worked on a new method for estimating crop yield potentials and gaps.

Lollato@ksu.edu

785-532-0397

Romulo Lollato

00:12:05 – KFMA: Residual Fertilizer Deductions: The Kansas Farm Management Association’s Chelsea Plummer and Mark Dikeman continue the show as they talk with Kristine Tidgren from Iowa State University about deducting residual fertilizer on their recent KFMA podcast.

KFMA Podcast

AgManager.info/KMFA

00:23:05 – Warmer Weather Impacts Milk Production: Ending the show is K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk as he discusses new data from the Federal Milk Marketing order and how warmer weather over the next 90-120 days could impact milk production.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Recent Cattle on Feed Report
• Tar Spot, Corn Stunt and Sudden Death Syndrome
• Leave Wildlife Alone

00:01:05 – Recent Cattle on Feed Report: Starting today’s show is Oklahoma State University livestock economist Derrell Peel with a cattle and beef market update. He shares information from the Cattle on Feed report and a sign of heifer retention.

00:12:05 – Tar Spot, Corn Stunt and Sudden Death Syndrome: K-State row crop plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre continues the show as he reminds growers of corn diseases and a soybean disease that their crops are susceptible to in the growing season.

agronomy.ksu.edu

00:23:05 – Leave Wildlife Alone: Drew Ricketts, K-State wildlife specialist, wraps the show with why it is important to leave wildlife wild. He explains a few different safety reasons for wildlife and humans.

ksoutdoors.com

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

• Trends in the Grain Market
• Soybean Herbicides and Henbit
• Too Much or Too Little Rain in Kansas?

00:01:05 – Trends in the Grain Market: K-State grain economist, Dan O’Brien, kicks off today’s show with a grain market update. Dan covers futures and cash and how weather uncertainty is impacting the market.

Dan O'Brien on AgManager.info

00:12:05 – Soybean Herbicides and Henbit: Sarah Lancaster, K-State weed specialist, keeps the show rolling for today as she talks about the recipe for pre-emergence herbicides for soybeans and henbit, the purple weed growers might be seeing in their fields.

Pre-emergence Herbicides for Soybeans

World of Weeds - Henbit

eUpdate.agronomy.ksu.edu

00:23:05 – Too Much or Too Little Rain in Kansas?: Concluding the show is Chip Redmond, K-State meteorologist, as he explains how parts of Kansas might see too much rain in the next week.

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan