Livestock Market Update … Business Alliance Opportunities

Agriculture Today

English - September 23, 2019 17:31 - 40 minutes - 19.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
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• The weekly livestock market update

• The possible benefits of business alliances between calf backgrounding operations and cattle feeders

• Agricultural news, and the latest “Tree Tales”

• The 4-H fall shooting sports events…

00:01:30 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University offers this week's look at the cattle markets: he goes over the market-friendly numbers from the USDA's latest cattle-on-feed report released last Friday, and he tells what his latest numbers are saying about the payoff to retaining ownership of fall-weaned calves, compared to selling those weaned calves.

00:13:00 – Business Alliance Opportunities: A featured speaker at the K-State Beef Stocker Field Day last Thursday: vice-president of food and agribusiness research with Rabo AgriFinance Don Close discusses the possible benefits of business alliances between calf backgrounding operations and cattle feeders, which he believes could be a growing trend in the cattle production system.

00:24:30 – Ag News: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, and the Kansas Forest Service presents this week's edition of "Tree Tales."

00:33:00 – Fall Shooting Sports Events: K-State 4-H program coordinator Chris Mullins previews two upcoming fall shooting sports events and discusses how this project area teaches youth responsibility and helps them build leadership skills.

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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.