K-State Agriculture Today: 1480 – Cattle Reports…Managing Voles

  • Cattle Market and Report
  • Space Impacting Agriculture
  • Vole Control

 

00:01:05 – Cattle Market and Report: Lee Schulz, Iowa State livestock economist starts today’s show with a cattle market update. He discusses how pre-report expectations compare to the released cattle inventory and cattle on feed reports. 

Cattle on Feed

Cattle Inventory

 

00:12:05 – Space Impacting Agriculture: Continuing the show is Terry Griffin, K-State precision agricultural economist, and Kathy Draeger from the University of Minnesota with how things happening in space could impact earth and agriculture. They say we are likely nearing another event. 

EDEN

 

00:23:05 – Vole Control: K-State wildlife specialist Drew Ricketts completes today’s show with information about voles and how to manage and control them. 

 

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