Apr 17, 2018
On today’s episode: Spring cattle breeding season; the 2018 College of Agriculture Alumni Fellow Chuck Warta, the president of Cargill Premix and Nutrition; devastating disease confirmed in Kansas bats
Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.
00:01:30 – SPRING BREEDING – K-State cow-calf
production specialist Bob Weaber talks about readying the herd for
the spring breeding season: he covers pre-breeding nutrition
and mineral supplementation for cows and heifers, conducting
breeding soundness examinations for bulls, and vaccination
protocols ahead of breeding time
00:12:48 – ALUMNI FELLOW/CARGILL PRESIDENT – The
2018 Alumni Fellow for the College of Agriculture at K-State:
the president of Cargill Premix and Nutrition, Chuck Warta, talks
about how his education at K-State set the stage for his successful
agribusiness career, and he talks about new advances he foresees in
the area of livestock nutrition
00:24:06 – BAT DISEASE – K-State wildlife
specialist Charlie Lee talks about a disease called white-nose
syndrome, which is devastating bat populations...the disease has
now been confirmed in Kansas
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