1088—Learning from crop disease issues…Developing grain harvest protein sensing systems
- Crop Disease Recap
- Grain Protein Sensors
- Landscape Wildlife Damage
00:01:13—Crop Disease Recap--K-State row crop disease specialist Rodrigo Onofre talks about the takeaways from the 2021 corn and soybean growing season that will help growers prepare for disease management in 2022, including hybrid and variety selection with disease resistance in mind...he also highlights a potential new disease threat to Kansas corn production, called tar spot, as it has now been confirmed in a neighboring state
00:12:06—Grain Protein Sensors--K-State cropping systems specialist Ignacio Ciampitti talks about research he's contributing to, which is evaluating the use of sensors to determine the protein content of crops at harvest...he says that as such systems are perfected, they will allow growers to improve their input management while possibly capturing market premiums for their higher-protein harvested grain
00:23:10—Landscape Wildlife Damage--On this week's horticulture segment, Riley County Extension horticulture agent Gregg Eyestone talks about protecting recently-planted landscape ornamentals from wildlife damage during the winter
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