Dec 6, 2021
- Cattle Market Update
- New African Swine Fever Research at K-State
- Crop Pest Management Schools in Colby and Great Bend
00:01:00 – Cattle Market Update: The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, talks about yet another week of higher fed cattle prices, as well as the accompanying improvement in feeder cattle prices at Kansas auctions...and she offers her latest thoughts on the impact of the extended drought in the West and in plains states on the cattle inventory heading into 2022
00:12:00 – New African Swine Fever Research: K-State veterinarian Megan Niederwerder reports on her upcoming new research on another aspect of African swine fever...this time, her project will center on what would happen at the hog farm level if ASF actually managed to enter the U.S., and what the best control response would be...this work will take place in the quarters of K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute
00:23:00 – Crop Pest Management Schools: This week's K-State Research and Extension agricultural events calendar includes details on two K-State Crop Pest Management Schools taking place this week in Colby and Great Bend
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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.
K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.