K-State Agriculture Today: 1678 – What’s Happening with Swampbuster…USDA Reporting

  • Update on the Swampbuster Act
  • Development of USDA Reports
  • Managing Twin Calves

 

00:01:05 – Update on the Swampbuster Act: Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, begins the show with an update on the Swampbuster Act and what impactful cases are currently taking place.

What’s Going on with Swampbuster?

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00:12:05 – Development of USDA Reports: K-State’s Glynn Tonsor and Joe Parcell continue today’s show as they talk about the value of USDA reports and what they are doing to figure out worthwhile reports to continue to be produced.

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00:23:05 – Managing Twin Calves: The show winds down with K-State’s Brad White, Bob Larson and Eduarda Bortoluzzi with another segment from the Beef Cattle Institute’s Cattle Chat podcast discussing management techniques for twin beef calves.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

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Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

 

 

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

 

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