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973—Cattle Market Commentary…Pork Export Destinations
Agriculture Today
English - July 06, 2021 15:07 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsDaily News News Science Natural Sciences hogs milo rancher ranching agriculture cattle corn cows farm farming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Cattle Market Update Pork Export Concentration Wheat Harvest Report Purple Martin Housing
00:01:10—Cattle Market Update--K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor is featured on this week's cattle market segment...he sizes up the current cattle price trends, and he reflects on his testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee recently on cattle market issues, particularly regarding calls for setting mandatory levels of spot-market cattle trading
00:12:09—Pork Export Concentration--K-State graduate researcher Jaime Luke talks about her research into the concentration of U.S. pork exports, in the wake of the dramatic rise in export business with China over the last few years...she has discovered that pork sales abroad are more diverse than what some might think
00:23:16—Wheat Harvest Report--Today's Kansas wheat harvest update features crop production agent Jay Wisbey of the Central Kansas Extension District, covering Ottawa and Saline counties…plus, this week’s edition of Milk Lines with K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk
00:31:09—Purple Martin Housing--On this week's wildlife management segment, former K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee reviews a new study of what purple martins prefer in the way of man-made housing
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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.
K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.