2015 - Cover Crops for the Soil and Water...Why a Producer Chose Cover Crops

• The Value of Cover Crops, Part 1
• The Value of Cover Crops, Part 2
• Lawn and Garden Pests

00:01:05 – The Value of Cover Crops, Part 1: Logan Simon, K-State Extension agronomist, and Stacie Minson, K-State watershed specialist, and Jeremy Kootz, producer in Ellsworth County, start the show as they explain the value they see for cover crops. The talk about it from a soil health, water quality and farmer perspective to understand why they have chosen cover crops. They have this conversation in the first two segments of the show.

00:12:05 – The Value of Cover Crops, Part 2: Logan, Stacie and Jeremy continue the show and their conversation.

00:23:05 – Lawn and Garden Pests: Ending the show is this week's lawn and garden segment from K-State horticultural entomologist, Raymond Cloyd as he discusses fall armyworms, mimosa webworms, cicada killers and grubs. 

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