πŸŽ™οΈ K-State Agriculture Today: 1961 – FSA Emergency Conservation Program…Using Lasers for Measurement of Burps

  • FSA County Committee Elections
  • Using Lasers to Measure Cow Burps
  • Redwater Disease in Cattle

00:01:05 – FSA County Committee Elections: Kansas Farm Service Agency agricultural program specialist, Allison Womack, starts the show as she chats about county committee elections, the emergency conservation program, acreage reporting and other FSA programs.

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00:12:05 – Using Lasers to Measure Cow Burps: Continuing the show is Brian Washburn, physicist and project leader at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, discussing how he and a team are using lasers to measure cow burps.

00:23:05 – Redwater Disease in Cattle: Brad White, Bob Larson and Brian Herrin end the show as they talk about redwater disease and what it is on a recent Cattle Chat podcast from the Beef Cattle Institute.

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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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