🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2210 – Communication Between D.C. and Producers…Summer Learning for Youth

  • Agriculture Undersecretary Visits Kansas
  • 4-H Summer Enrichment Program
  • Can Cattle be Raised in Confinement?

00:01:05 – Agriculture Undersecretary Visits Kansas: Beginning the show is David Schemm, Kansas Farm Service Agency state executive director, as he recaps the recent visit from the undersecretary of farm production and conservation.

Farmers.gov

00:12:05 – 4-H Summer Enrichment Program: Kansas 4-H summer enrichment program administrator Regan Gleason continues the show discussing the 4-H Summer Enrichment Program and what they hope it provides to Kansas youth.

Kansas4-H.org

KSWheat.com

00:23:05 – Can Cattle be Raised in Confinement?: Brad White, Todd Gunderson, Phillip Lancaster and special guest Logan Thompson end today’s show with part of the Beef Cattle Institute’s Cattle Chat podcast talking about raising beef cattle in confinement.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

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

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