1481 - Conservation Programs...Raising Milk Production

<ul> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><strong>Farm Bill Conservation Programs</strong></li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><strong>Prescribed Burning for Tick and Insect Control</strong></li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><strong>Increasing Milk Production</strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:01:05 – Farm Bill Conservation Programs:</strong> <span style= "font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #242424;"> Beginning today’s show is Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, and Gaye Benfer, assistant state conservationist for programs with NRCS, as they review how the farm bill and conservation programs are connected.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">nrcs.usda.gov</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p><strong>00:12:05 – Prescribed Burning for Tick and Insect Control</strong><strong>:</strong> <span style= "font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #242424;"> Cassandra Olds, K-State veterinary entomologist, and Giovanni Moore, K-State Research and Extension Research Fellow, continue the show discussing how different times of burning pasture impact individual insects and ticks.</span></p> <p> </p> <p class="contentpasted01"><strong>00:23:03 –</strong> <strong>Increasing Milk Production</strong><strong>:</strong> <span style= "font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #242424;"> Concluding today’s show is K-State dairy specialist Mike <span class="spelle">Brouk</span> as he encourages producers to work with their nutritionist to increase butterfat content and counter the drop in milk production due to the summer heat.</span></p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href= "mailto:ksrenews@ksu.edu">ksrenews@ksu.edu</a></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural speciali