K-State Agriculture Today: 1637 – Stocking Ponds…TAPS Competition

  • Fins, Fur and Feathers: Stocking Ponds with Fish
  • TAPS Program and Competition
  • Improving Pregnancy Rates

 

00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Stocking Ponds with Fish: K-State’s Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken begins today’s show. The pair talks about what fish to stock ponds with as well as what fish should probably be avoided.

Fins, Fur and Feathers

 

00:12:05 – TAPS Program and Competition: Keeping the show rolling is Brian Olson, head of the Western Kansas Research-Extension Centers, with information about the TAPS competition in western Kansas.

http://www.k-state.edu/TAPS

Kansas Water Institute

 

00:23:05 – Improving Pregnancy Rates: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk rounds out today’s show discussing the potential causes for low reproductive efficiency and steps dairy producers can take to improve pregnancy and conception rates.

 

 

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