IN-DEPTH SPECIAL:  Planting Winter Wheat

• An in-depth look at several aspects of planting winter wheat successfully

• Agricultural news

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

00:01:30 – Planting Winter Wheat:  K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato discusses several aspects of planting winter wheat successfully in the fall:  he goes over the variation in optimum planting dates and seeding rates across Kansas, and what K-State research says about the prime date for seeding in each region.

00:12:55 – Planting Winter Wheat (Part 2):  Continued discussion with K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato; here,  he looks at how seed size affects that seeding rate and the ultimate final stand...also, he talks about the value of having seed cleaned, and how seeds per pound varies by variety, as discovered in another K-State study...and he addresses the payback of fungicide seed treatments.

00:24:23 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:44 – "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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