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A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Feb 3, 2025

  • Cattle Inventory and Trade
  • Rural Heart Health
  • Farm and Ranch Transition Conferences

 

00:01:05 – Cattle Inventory and Trade: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, kicks off today’s show with a cattle market update where he talks about the current market, cattle inventory report and provides a trade update.

Glynn on AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Rural Heart Health: February is American Heart Month so project consultant for the Kansas Agriculture Safety and Health program at K-State Tawnie Larson joins the show to discuss heart health for farmers and ranchers and rural America.

ManTherapy.org

KansasAgStress.org

LiveToTheBeat.org

K-State.edu/KASH

 

00:23:05 – Farm and Ranch Transition Conferences: Ending today’s show is Ashlee Westerhold, director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, previewing their Farm and Ranch Transition conferences.

Farm and Ranch Transition on AgManager.info

 

 

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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 Shelby Varner 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