🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2169 – Cattle Market Factors and Impacts…Encountering Snakes

  • Cattle Market, Beef Production and Weather Impacts
  • Knowing How to Identify Snakes
  • Bovine Theileriosis

00:01:05 – Cattle Market, Beef Production and Weather Impacts: Beginning today’s show is Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University livestock economist, as he talks about the cattle market, global beef production and the impact weather has or could have on the industry.

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00:12:05 – Knowing How to Identify Snakes: Drew Ricketts, K-State wildlife specialist, keeps the show rolling as he shares his annual reminders of snakes in Kansas and how people should handle encounters.

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00:23:05 – Bovine Theileriosis: K-State livestock entomologist Cassandra Olds ends the show talking about bovine theileriosis. We also hear from Rod Bain and David Gruchot they discuss invasive pests and diseases.

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

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