• Cow herd water consumption in the summertime

• The latest Cattle Chat podcast from the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State

• The day's agricultural news headlines

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Cow Herd Water Consumption:  K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner talks about cow herd water consumption in the summertime:  what research says about the daily amount a cow consumes and what affects that, and why providing sufficient access to the water tank is every bit as important as the volume of water available.

00:13:00 – Beef Cattle Institute Podcast:  The highlights from this week's Cattle Chat podcast out of the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State center on two cow-calf management topics:

monitoring bull activity through the remainder of the breeding season, and assessing the option of moving the calving season to a different time of the year...featured are veterinarian Brad White, cow-calf specialist Bob Weaber and livestock economist Dustin Pendell.

00:24:31 – Ag News:  Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:33:00 – "Stop, Look and Listen":  K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.

 

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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.

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