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Matthew McKernan

Extension Associate

Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources

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  • Extension Associate
    Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources
  • John C. Pair Horticulture Center, Kansas State University, 1901 E 95th Street S, Haysville, Kansas, 67060, United States
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SERVICE & ENGAGEMENT

  • MEDIA DISTRIBUTION (NON-PUBLICATION)
    Agriculture Today - Radio Broadcast (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Feb 2026
    Conduct weekly radio interviews for the program Agriculture Today radio broadcast, providing research-based horticultural information for the audience. The Agriculture Today broadcast airs on KFRM Radio (550 AM) and KVGB Radio (1590 AM and 97.7 FM), and is also posted daily as a podcast. Collectively this reaches over 80 counties in Kansas, the northern third of Oklahoma, eastern Colorado and southern Nebraska, strengthening Extension outreach and increasing public access to research-based gardening and landscape education throughout the region.
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  • EDITORSHIP
    K-State Horticulture Newsletter (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Feb 2026
    Internet publication
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  • EDITORSHIP
    K-State Horticulture Resource Center (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Feb 2026
    Other
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  • AWARD / HONOR
    Outstanding Local Extension Agent of the Year
    1 Oct 2024
  • AWARD / HONOR
    Communicator of the Year (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Oct 2021
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  • MEDIA DISTRIBUTION (NON-PUBLICATION)
    Learn'n With McKernan
    19 Jun 2015
    Produce live, weekly episodes of the KWCH 12 news talk segment "Learn'n With McKernan," sharing timely research-based horticultural information with viewers across Kansas and throughout the region. The segment is broadcast live each Friday during the station's noon newscast through this local CBS affiliate. It reaches audiences across the western two-thirds of Kansas and portions of Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. Since the program's launch in 2015, more than 500 live episodes have been produced and broadcast, strengthening Extension outreach and increasing public access to research-based gardening and landscape education throughout the region.