1251 – Inflation and Consumer Demand … The Sugarcane Rootstalk Weevil is Back
- Inflation and Consumer Demand
- The Sugarcane Rootstalk Weevil is Back
- Converting Fields of Fescue for Wildlife
00:01:00 – Inflation and Consumer Demand: In this week’s cattle market report, K-State livestock economist, Glynn Tonsor, shares the extent to which inflation has finally started to affect an area of consumer demand
00:12:00 – The Sugarcane Rootstalk Weevil is Back: Jeff Whitworth, a K-State field crop entomologist, discusses a unique pest that he has not seen in Kansas in several years – the sugarcane rootstalk weevil
00:23:00 – Converting Fields of Fescue for Wildlife: On this week's wildlife management segment, K-State wildlife Extension specialist Drew Ricketts, shares a recent study that compared two methods of converting fields of fescue into native habitat that better suits local wildlife
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