1701 - Chinch Bugs...Why the Wheat Looks Like that at Harvest

• What Chinch Bugs Are Up To
• Possible Wheat Concerns at Harvest
• Safely Celebrating Dairy Month

00:01:05 – What Chinch Bugs Are Up To: K-State crop entomologist, Jeff Whitworth, kicks off today’s show as he talks about how chinch bugs could be impacting farmers' fields right now.

00:12:05 – Possible Wheat Concerns at Harvest: Continuing the show is K-State wheat pathologist Kelsey Andersen Onofre explaining what concerns wheat growers could be seeing in their field as they harvest and if it could impact them at the elevator.

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00:23:05 – Safely Celebrating Dairy Month: June is Dairy Month and that typically means hosting events at the farm. However, with the current HPAI situation, producers will probably want to avoid bringing large group onto the farm. K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk ends today’s show by offering some ideas for safely celebrating Dairy month.

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