🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 1978 – Cost of Cattle…Metrics of a Leader

  • Cattle Market Prices and Confidence
  • Being a Good Leader
  • Welcoming Chevy-Lynn

00:01:05 – Cattle Market Prices and Confidence: Beginning today’s show is University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist Elliott Dennis, with an update on cattle prices, cutout, animal health and non-tariff measures.

Cap.UNL.edu/articles

Livestock Budgets – AgManager.info

Livestock Decision Tools – Center for Ag Profitability

00:12:05 – Being a Good Leader: Justin Waggoner, K-State Extension beef cattle specialist, continues the show as he explains leaders and what skills and traits commonly make a good leader.

KSUBeef.org

Simon Sinek – Trust vs Performance

Trust is Everything

00:23:05 – Welcoming Chevy-Lynn: The show wraps up with an introduction of K-State’s Chevy-Lynn Vaske to learn more about her as she joins Agriculture Today and K-State Extension’s communication team.

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.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan

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