πŸŽ™οΈ K-State Agriculture Today: 1935 – What’s Impacting the Cattle Market?…Kansas Farm Income for 2025

  • New World Screwworm’s Cattle Market Impact
  • Farm Income Outlook
  • Chronic Wasting Disease at Feeders

00:01:05 – New World Screwworm’s Cattle Market Impact: A cattle market update from Oklahoma State University livestock economist, Derrell Peel, begins today’s show. He explains the impact of new world screwworm on the U.S. and Mexican cattle market.

derrell.peel@okstate.edu

00:12:05 – Farm Income Outlook: Keeping the show rolling is Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, discussing a farm income outlook for Kansas. She breaks down how producers’ products could look for 2025.

Kansas Farm Income Outlook

RuralandFarmFinance.com

raff.missouri.edu

00:23:05 – Chronic Wasting Disease at Feeders: Drew Ricketts, K-State wildlife specialist, ends today’s show reviewing research that has been done looking into chronic wasting disease being found at feeders.

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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