Jul 12, 2021
977 – Livestock Market Update … Pre-weaning Health Challenges
- Livestock Market Update
- Pre-Weaning Health Challenges
- Wheat Harvest Report
- Kansas County Fairs
00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University provides this week's cattle market commentary: he talks about his expectations of a good second half of 2021 for cattle prices, and he remarks on the just-announced administration initiative to support expansion of small- and medium-scale packing plants
00:12:00 – Pre-Weaning Health
Challenges: K-State veterinarian
Gregg Hanzlicek discusses several pre-weaning health challenges
that beef calves might encounter in the coming weeks, and what
producers can do to counter those...including something that has
become more common in recent years, pasture pneumonia
00:22:58 – Wheat Harvest Report: Today's Kansas wheat harvest update features crop production agent Sandra Wick of the Post Rock Extension District in north-central Kansas
00:30:47 – Kansas County Fairs: K-State 4-H
specialist Beth Hinshaw discusses the importance of county
fairs for both 4-H youth and the community
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