• The merits of a limit-feeding program for newly-received backgrounder calves

• The latest (and 100th!) Cattle Chat podcast

• Controlling alfalfa weevils and army cutworms in alfalfa

• Controlling weeds now turning up in home lawns…

00:01:30 – Limit-Feeding Program:  K-State beef cattle specialist Dale Blasi talks about the merits of a limit-feeding program for newly-received backgrounder calves, based on extensive research he has conducted on this approach...he goes over the required management and the feeding efficiencies that can be gained.

00:12:55 – Beef Cattle Institute Podcast:  Highlights from the recent 100th edition of the Cattle Chat podcast from the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State, which featured the panel's responses to various listener questions about cow-calf management:   the conversation includes veterinarians Brad White and Bob Larson, cow-calf specialist Bob Weaber and livestock economist Dustin Pendell.

00:24:20 – Alfalfa Insect Pests:  K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth offers a timely word to alfalfa growers about controlling alfalfa weevils and army cutworms before the expected cold weather rolls into Kansas in the coming days.

00:32:20 – Home Lawn Weed Control:  K-State horticulturist Ward Upham talks about effectively controlling weeds now turning up in home lawns, including henbit, dandelions and crabgrass.

 

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