1727 - Soybean Pests Right Now...Risk and Profit

• Scouting and Managing Soybean Pests
• Risk and Profit Conference and Other Events
• Things to be Doing in Horticulture

 

00:01:05 – Scouting and Managing Soybean Pests: K-State crop entomologist, Jeff Whitworth, begins today's show with an update on the pests that growers could be seeing in their soybean fields. He describes the bean leaf beetle, painted lady and blister beetle.

Crop Insects in Kansas

 

00:12:05 – Risk and Profit Conference and Other Events: Rich Llewelyn, K-State Extension assistant, continues today’s show with a preview of the Risk and Profit Conference and other events and webinars that take place with K-State’s agricultural economics department.

Risk and Profit Conference

AgManager.info/events

rvl@ksu.edu 

 

00:23:05 – Things to be Doing in Horticulture: Wrapping up the show is K-State Research and Extension horticulture agent for Riley County, Gregg Eyestone, as he discusses heat-related issues with tomatoes, spider mites and planning a fall garden.

 

 

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

 

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