Radio Programs, 2006

Chuck's weekly radio program can be heard on The Talk of JC, 1420 - KJCK weekday mornings around 6:30 a.m.  Following are the scripts for the current year. Archives of previous years are here.

December 29, 2006 - January 5, 2007 - Coming Events, No-till's Effect on Crop Growth, Maintenance Around the Farm and at Home
December 20 - 28, 2006 - Relative Feed Value (RFV) and What It Doesn't Mean, Crop Production Update, Handling Livestock
December 13 - 19, 2006 - Prepping the Farmstead for Winter, Herbicide Update - Alfalfa, No-till Fertilization Issues
December 6 - 12, 2006 - Potential Cold Injury, Topdressing Wheat Decisions, Fertilizing Brome and Fescue
November 29 - December 5, 2006 - Monitor Feed Wastage and Winter Feeding Sites, Distiller's Grains and Wheat Mids, Not All BT Corn is the Same
November 22 - 28, 2006 - What Nutrients Do I Test For?, Should I Change My Production Methods?, Happy Thanksgiving.
November 14 - 21, 2006 - More Thoughts on Targeted Hay Marketing, Winter Annual Weed Control, Fall Fertilization and Weed Control in Alfalfa
November 6 - 13, 2006 - Time to Wrap Up Wheat Planting, Look for Every Angle to Stretch Forage Resources for Cowherds, Specialty Hay Marketing
October 27 - November 2, 2006 - Fall Scouting of Wheat Fields, Fall Cowherd Management Tips, Start Getting Records Together Now
October 5 - 19, 2006 - Fall Safety, Seedling Wheat Problems, Fall Cowherd Management, Do Plant Evaluation While Harvesting
September 29 - October 5, 2006 - Evaluating Wheat Stands, Evaluating New Alfalfa Stands, Forage Sorghum Nitrate and Prussic Acid Testing
September 21 - 28, 2006 - Still a Little Early for Wheat Planting, Last Cutting of Alfalfa, Flowers in the Pasture
September 14 - 20, 2006 - Ag Land Values, Nitrate and Prussic Acid Risk, Wheat Seeding and Fall Fertilization Rates
September 7 -13, 2006 - Don't Recut That New Growth, Green Cloverworms in Soybeans, Sorghum Headworms in Milo, Sericea Lespedeza Control
August 24 - 30, 2006 - Soybean Outlook After the Rain, Controlling Volunteer Wheat, The Importance of Forage Testing
August 17 - 23, 2006 - Planting Alfalfa, Planning for Wheat Planting, Wheat Seed Treatments
August 10 - 16, 2006 - Planting Alfalfa, Wheat Fertility Planning Prussic Acid and Nitrate problems in forages
August 4 - 9, 2006 - Alfalfa Meeting, Soybeans as Emergency Hay, Risk Profit Conference
July 20 - August 3, 2006 - Powdery Mildew, Insect and Disease Issues; Tips for Safe Towing; Risk and Profit Conference; Wheat Stubble Burning - Pros and Cons; Drought Stressed Alfalfa.
July 13 - 19, 2006 - Seed Wheat Issues, Weed Control in Wheat Stubble, Market Outlooks
July 6 - 12, 2006 - Early Weaning, Ammoniating Wheat Straw, Seed Wheat Quality
June 28 - July 5, 2006 - What to do with volunteer wheat, Clearfield Wheat - Is it for our area?, Evaluating Hail Damage
June 21 - 27, 2006 - Double Cropping?, Small Grain Cereals as forage crops, Cattle management in hot dry weather
June 7 - 20, 2006 - White Wheat Heads, High Dollar Fertilizers, Summer Annual Forages and Nitrate Toxicity, Forage Testing Even More Important This Year, New Nitrogen Fertilizer Products
May 31 - June 6, 2006 - Brome and Native Hay Cutting, Summer Livestock Insects, Wheat fill and shattering risk
May 24 - 30, 2006 - Monitor Alfalfa Fields, Soybean Weed Control, Use 2006 Wheat Variety Data with Caution
May 17 - 23, 2006 - Alfalfa Insects Still A Problem, Bromegrass Poor Performance, Early Season Corn Problems
May 10 - 16, 2006 - Wet Soils and Problems There Of, Soybean Inoculation, Brush Control in Pastures
May 3 - 9, 2006 - Bluestem Pasture Rental Rates, Bluestem Pasture Rental Rates part 2, Drought Stress and Possible Freeze Injury
April 19 - May 2, 2006 - Soybean Rust Update, Safe Livestock Working Facilities, Insect and Disease Update, Livestock Management on Down the Road, Preplant and Pre-emerge Herbicide Program for Sorghum
April 11 - 18, 2006 - Alfalfa Weevil Update, Stand Emergence Problems and Replant Decisions, Caution With What I Report
April 5 - 11, 2006 - Alfalfa Weevil Alert, Brush Control in Pastures, Weed Control
March 28 - April 4, 2006 - Wheat Production Update, Early Season Pasture Burning, Alfalfa Weevil Update
March 21 - 27, 2006 - Recent Rains, Post Calving Cow Management, Dryland Row Crop Selection
March 14 - 20, 2006 - Wheat Issues, Take Precautions When You Burn, Fertilizing Spring Planted Crops
March 6 - 10, 2006 - Last Call For Top Dressing Wheat or Brome, Age Verified Beef Marketing, Electronic Ear Tag Technology Progress
February 28 - March 3, 2006 - Soybean Weed Control, Cow-Calf Care, Management Following Wildfire
February 21 - 27, 2006 - Soybean Varieties, Soybean Planting Dates and Rates, Soybeans, Underground
February 15 -21, 2006 - Cattleman's Day, The Early Season View on Burning and Management, Oats
February 7 - 14, 2006 - Warm Weather Impact on Wheat, Army Compatible Use Buffers, Prescribed Burning for Brush Control
January 31 - February 6, 2006 - AMS In Glyphosate Applications, Liming - New Emphasis For an Old Practice, Calving Management
January 24 - 30, 2006 - Is It Fair or Is It Equitable, Get It In Writing, Leasing Special Issues
January 18 - 23, 2006 - Ag Lease Meetings, Profile Nitrogen Soil Test
January 4 - 17, 2006 - Crop Lease Considerations, Pasture Lease Considerations, Landowner/Tenant relationships, Legal Considerations of Ag Leases


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