• Anaplasmosis and dairy herd production

• Considerations before planting a silage crop this spring

• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update

• Garden and landscape plants that likely survived, or succumbed to, the recent hard freeze…

00:01:30 – Anaplasmosis and Dairy Production:  K-State veterinarians Hans Coetzee and Andrew Curtis discuss their new research finding on how anaplasmosis affects dairy herd production...they discovered that this disease can greatly reduce herd milk output, and they advise producers to take preventative measures to keep anaplasmosis out of their herds.

00:12:48 – Considerations Before Planting Silage:  K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner talks about a few things for producers to think about as they plan to plant a silage crop this spring...that as a prelude to two silage schools being co-hosted by K-State in early May.

00:24:00 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines; also, this week’s Kansas soybean update.

00:32:18 – The Late Freeze, Plant Survival:  K-State horticulturist Ward Upham talks about which landscape and garden plants likely did...and didn't...withstand the freezing temperatures in Kansas this past week.

 

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