🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1857 – Changes in DC Impacting Agriculture…Crabgrass for Cattle

  • FTC Complaint, Biofuel Feedstocks and Estate Planning Flexibility
  • Establishing Crabgrass for Forage
  • Managing Around Mud

00:01:05 – FTC Complaint, Biofuel Feedstocks and Estate Planning Flexibility: Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, starts today’s show as he explains changes that are happening with the government and how they could impact agriculture.

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00:12:05 – Establishing Crabgrass for Forage: K-State northeast area agronomist Tina Sullivan keeps the show rolling as she talks about establishing crabgrass as an alternative forage.

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00:23:05 – Managing Around Mud: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Brad White, Bob Larson, Phillip Lancaster, Dustin Pendell and Brian Lubbers ends today’s show with how to keep cattle performance and health on track in times of deep mud.

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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