• Double-cropping soybeans or grain sorghum after wheat

• Herbicide options for controlling late-emerging weeds in wheat stands

• Agricultural news headlines

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

00:01:30 – Double-Cropping After Wheat:  K-State crop production specialist Ignacio Ciampitti discusses double-cropping soybeans or grain sorghum after wheat this year...covering variety and hybrid selection for days to maturity, adjustments to row spacing and seeding rates and what K-State field trials say about yield expectations from double-cropping.

00:12:53 – Late-Emerging Weeds in Wheat:  K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster reviews the herbicide options for controlling late-emerging weeds in wheat stands that could adversely impact the harvest...she focuses on the efficacy of pre-harvest treatments and on the harvest waiting intervals for each product.

00:24:13 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:18 – "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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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 Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

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