🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1880 – Cattle Market and Demand…FFA Week

  • Cattle Prices and Returns
  • Recap of National FFA Week
  • Faces in Agriculture: Ellie Bowman

00:01:05 – Cattle Prices and Returns: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, kicks off the show with a cattle market outlook. He talks about feedlot returns and meat demand for beef, pork and chicken.

Glynn on AgManager.info

Cattle Feeding Returns

00:12:05 – Recap of National FFA Week: Continuing the show is Jory Ratzlaff, Kansas FFA president, and Natalee Bray, Kansas FFA sentinel, as they recap what they did for National FFA week and what a few of their favorite activities were.

ksffa.org

00:23:05 – Faces in Agriculture: Ellie Bowman: A segment of Faces in Agriculture with Ellie Bowman from Edwards County concludes today’s show. Ellie talks about owning Prickly Pear Farm and Home and what it has been like being in her rural community.

PricklyPearFarmandHome.com

Prickly Pear Farm & Home on Facebook

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

Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

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