• Wheat Stripe Rust Outlook
• Cattle Gastrointestinal Disease
• Dairy Supply Chain Challenge

 

 

00:01:13—Wheat Stripe Rust Outlook--K-State wheat disease specialists Kelsey Andersen Onofre and Erick DeWolf report on the outlook for stripe rust disease infiltrating the Kansas winter wheat crop as it continues to develop...they're tracking incidents of this disease in the southern plains, where stripe rust problems originate, and so far, the indications are favorable for Kansas wheat growers

 

00:12:09—Cattle Gastrointestinal Disease --K-State beef veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff discusses a common springtime ailment found in cows and calves, called coccidiosis:  he describes this gastrointestinal disease and how it's transmitted, and goes over the preventative steps as well as the treatment alternatives available to producers

 

00:23:06—Dairy Supply Chain Challenge--On this week's edition of Milk Lines, K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk is urging dairy producers to take stock of the dairy product shortages at grocery stores, and to make their voices heard about the supply chain issues affecting their industry

 

 

 

 

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