🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2198 – More Tightening of the Cattle Market…New World Screwworm

  • Impacts of New World Screwworm on the Cattle Market
  • New World Screwworm in the U.S.
  • Jellies in Kansas Ponds and Reservoirs

00:01:05 – Impacts of New World Screwworm on the Cattle Market: A cattle market update from Elliott Dennis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist, kick starts the show as he discusses how the recent New World Screwworm news has impacted the market.

00:12:05 – New World Screwworm in the U.S.: K-State livestock entomologist, Cassandra Olds, continues today’s show as she explains New World Screwworm, current concerns and what she wants Kansans to keep in mind as we move forward.

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Cassandra Olds

00:23:05 – Jellies in Kansas Ponds and Reservoirs: Ending the show is K-State fisheries and aquatic Extension specialist, Joe Gerken, as he talks about jellies in ponds and reservoirs. He says what they look like and what they provide to the water.

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