• Rise in Boxed Beef Prices
• Managing Hay Fields
• Ranch Management Field Days
• Kansas 4-H Events for Volunteers

 

00:01:00 – Rise in Boxed Beef Prices: The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, discusses the remarkable rise in boxed beef prices, while fed cattle prices remain relatively even...and she compares the LMIC's latest price outlook to the USDA forecast in its latest WASDE report last week

 

00:12:00 – Managing Hay Fields: K-State agronomist Bruno Pedreira talks about managing hay fields for forage quality as well as tonnage...he focuses on two steps that he thinks more producers should emphasize:  fertility management and harvest management

 

00:23:00 – Ranch Management Field Days: K-State beef veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff previews the trio of KLA/Kansas State University Ranch Management Field Days, two of which are set for this week, and the third set for early next week

 

 00:31:00 – Kansas 4-H Events for Volunteers: K-State 4-H specialist Aliah Mestrovich Seay and Extension 4-H youth development agents Daniel Skucius and Sarah Maass discuss two upcoming events for 4-H volunteers: The Re-Connect With Youth webinar and Re-Ignite Your Spark 4-H volunteer training

 

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