K-State Agriculture Today: 1591 – Cattle Market Reports and Demand…Being Smart Around Frozen Ponds

  • Decisions in the Cattle Market
  • Cover Your Acres Winter Conference
  • Frozen Pond Safety

 

00:01:05 – Decisions in the Cattle Market: Kicking off the show today is University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist Elliott Dennis with a cattle market update. He discusses the cattle on feed report, factors to consider when making decisions about feeder cattle and a cattle insurance product. 

Weaned Calf Risk Protection Insurance Webinar

caps.unl.edu/webinars

beefbasis.com

AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Cover Your Acres Winter Conference: K-State Extension agronomist, Lucas Haag, continues today’s show with a preview of the upcoming Cover Your Acres Winter Conference.

Cover Your Acres

 

00:23:05 – Frozen Pond Safety: An interview with K-State fisheries and aquatics Extension specialist Joe Gerken about frozen pond safety concludes the show. Joe talks about ways to stay safe and what not to forget about for livestock.

 

 

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