🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2102 – Preparing Cattle for the Cold…Producers Staying Warm

• Cold Stress for Cattle and People, Part 1
• Cold Stress for Cattle and People, Part 2
• How Insects Survive the Cold

00:01:05 – Cold Stress for Cattle and People, Part 1: Beginning today’s show is K-State Extension beef cattle specialist, Justin Waggoner, as he discusses cold stress and what cattle producers should prepare for their livestock.

00:12:05 – Cold Stress for Cattle and People, Part 2: Justin keeps the show rolling as he continues talking about cold stress with reminders for producers to stay safe. K-State fashion studies’ Kelsie Doty and Reannan Boisvert remind us about clothing choices to stay warm.

Episode 2062 – Picking Fabric to Stay Warm

00:23:05 – How Insects Survive the Cold: K-State horticultural entomologist Raymond Cloyd ends the show explaining how insect pests are able to survive extreme cold and how to control the pests that emerge in the spring.

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