Sep 9, 2019
• The weekly livestock market update
• Field forage resources for beef cattle for the fall and winter
• A K-State Beef Stocker Field Day preview
• Kansas 4-H at the Kansas State Fair…
00:01:30 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University provides this week's observations on the cattle market: he looks at slumping fed cattle prices and when the bearishness might subside, and he offers his outlook on winter wheat pasturing profitability heading into the fall.
00:13:00 – Field Forage Resources: K-State forage agronomist John Holman continues his look at field forage resources for cattle for the fall and winter, this time focusing on fall-planted cereal grains as grazing forage: wheat, triticale and rye among them...he talks about the agronomic side of establishing those crops for grazing purposes.
00:24:30 – Beef Stocker Field Day: K-State beef cattle specialist Dale Blasi previews the 2019 Beef Stocker Field Day at K-State, set for Thursday, September 19th in Manhattan.
00:33:00 –4-H at the Kansas State Fair: K-State 4-H specialist Amy Sollock discusses some of the 4-H events still ahead this week at the Kansas State Fair.
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