• Parasite control for cattle destined for summer pasture

• Ranking the effectiveness of common deworming products

• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update

• Ornamental gardening in the shady locations around the landscape…

00:01:30 – Parasite Control for Cattle:  From the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at K-State, Gregg Hanzlicek offers a more in-depth look at parasite control for cattle destined for summer pasture:  he takes a look at fly control, and a thing or two that producers might not know about the performance of insecticidal ear tags.

00:12:51 – Parasite Control for Cattle (Part 2):  Continued discussion with Gregg Hanzlicek; here, the focus shifts to internal parasite control... including which deworming products have proven effective, and which have come up short.

00:24:09 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines; also, this week’s Kansas soybean update.

00:32:27 – Strategic Gardening for Shady Locations:  Johnson County Extension horticulture agent Dennis Patton talks about ornamental gardening in the shady locations around the landscape...the topic that he'll address in the next K-State Garden Hour webinar this coming Wednesday.

 

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