- Taking Forage Samples
- Cotton Lint Yield Estimates
- Increasing Milk Protein for Milk Payments
00:01:05 – Taking Forage Samples: Beginning the show is K-State Extension beef cattle specialist, Justin Waggoner, as he explains the correct way to take forage samples in a field and prepare them for testing.
00:12:05 – Cotton Lint Yield Estimates: Logan Simon, K-State Extension agronomist, continues today’s show as he discusses the current cotton crop conditions and how growers can calculate yield estimates.
Estimating Cotton Lint Yield from Boll Counts
00:23:05 – Increasing Milk Protein for Milk Payments: K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk wraps up the show saying how the focus in dairy has been increasing butter fat percentage, but the next step to improving milk payments may be linked to increasing milk protein.
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