1609 - Cattlemen's Day...Invasive Tree

• K-State's 111th Cattlemen's Days
• Callery Pear Trees
• The Insects that Survive the Winter

 

00:01:05 – K-State's 111th Cattlemen's Days: Beginning today’s show is K-State Extension beef veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff as he previews Cattlemen’s Day as registration and details are now available.

Cattlemen's Day 

 

00:12:05 – Callery Pear Trees: Noxious weed specialist, Scott Marsh, with the Kansas Department of Agriculture continues the show with information about the Callery Pear Tree and a quarantine that could be coming.

agriculture.ks.gov

KansasForests.org

 

00:23:05 – The Insects that Survive the Winter: Finishing today’s show is K-State horticultural entomologist Raymond Cloyd as he discusses how insect pests are able to survive extreme cold and control options for those that emerge in the spring.

 

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

 

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 Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

 

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan