Sep 11, 2019
• Voices from the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock
• The Rural Energy for America grants program
• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”
00:01:30 – Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock: From the U.N. Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock international forum taking place on the K-State campus this week: the chairman of the GASL, Fritz Schneider, and the executive director of the Global Dairy Platform, Donald Moore, outline the objectives of this gathering of leading scientists from over 20 countries.
00:13:00 – Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (Part 2): One of the featured speakers from the GASL conference, University of California-Davis livestock geneticist Alison van Eenennaam, talks about how genetic innovations contribute to sustainable livestock systems, adding that scientists and agricultural producers need to strongly rebuke false claims being made about food system advances.
00:24:30 – Rural Energy for America Grants Program: From the Kansas office of USDA Rural Development, business programs specialist David Kramer talks about the opportunities for agricultural producers and rural businesses to obtain support for energy projects under the Rural Energy for America grants program...13 such grants were recently announced in Kansas, and the next round of application review is coming up soon.
00:33:00 – "Stop, Look and Listen": K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.
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