• Nutrient release from crop residue and cover crops

• Another report from the 2021 Hard Winter Wheat Tour

• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update

• Landscape and vegetable garden damage from heavy rainfall and flooding…

00:01:30 – Nutrient Release from Cover Crops and Residue:  K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz talks about the process of nutrient release from crop residue and cover crops, and why producers should pay attention to that as part of their crop nutrient management...he explains how the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of various kinds of residue and cover crop plant material is associated with that nutrient release.

00:12:55 – Wheat Tour Update:  K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato files another report from the 2021 Hard Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas and adjacent states, which is now in its third and final day...he'll talk about what tour-goers saw as they traveled through western and southern Kansas as well as northern Oklahoma yesterday.

00:24:17 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines; also, this week’s Kansas soybean update.

00:32:33 – Rainfall and Flood Damage to Home Landscapes and Gardens:  K-State horticulturist Ward Upham talks about what to expect in the way of landscape and vegetable garden damage from the heavy rainfall and flooding over the past week.

 

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