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• Developing New and Improved Soybean Lines
• Handling Casualty Loss Claims from Last Week’s Windstorm
• Stop, Look and Listen

00:01:00 – Developing New and Improved Soybean Lines: K-State soybean breeder Bill Schapaugh provides an update on several approaches by the university's soybean variety development program in generating new and improved soybean lines for growers...among those are an attempt to dramatically speed up the breeding process using genomic selection to predict yield and seed protein performance, and efforts to ramp up heat tolerance in new varieties

00:12:00 – Handling Casualty Loss Claims from Last Week’s Windstorm: Agricultural law professor Roger McEowen of the Washburn University School of Law takes a look at the tax implications of demolishing farm structures that were irreparably damaged by last week's massive windstorm across Kansas and the central plains...he goes over how casualty loss claims are interpreted by the IRS and other important details for those affected to know

00:23:00 – Stop, Look and Listen: K-State's Gus van Der Hoeven provides his weekly commentary on life in rural Kansas

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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 Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

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