Dr. Js Beef
117 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Weekly educational program for cattle producers. Includes feeding, health, reproduction, and/or forages. Dr. Jaymelynn Farney, beef systems specialist with Kansas State University is the host and will invite other professionals from around the country to help address timely topics.
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Episodes
Anaplasmosis in cattle
September 16, 2020 15:53 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBGuest this week is Dr. Gregg Hanzlicek ([email protected]) who talks about anaplasmosis in cattle production systems.
Replacement heifer selection
September 09, 2020 03:32 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBGuest is Dr. Bob Weaber ([email protected]), cow-calf specialist with emphasis and genetics and breeding from Kansas State University. He talks about genetic and some phenotypic selection criteria for your replacement heifer program in this weeks podcast.
Small grains in bermudagrass
August 31, 2020 21:54 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBTwo for One!! This podcast features two specialist from Oklahoma State University; Dr. Alex Rocateli ([email protected]) and Dr. Jason Warren ([email protected]). Both of these faculty members are in the Plant & Soil Sciences Department at Oklahoma State University. They helped provide education on interseeding small grains into bermudagrass pastures, discussion on water usage, and overall productive capacity of pasture ground in this management system. More information c...
Cow effeciency
August 24, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBDr. David Lalman ([email protected]), Professor and Extension specialist with Oklahoma State University was guest on this weeks podcast. He talks about cow efficiency as related to forage intake, cost of production, and EPDs.
Fescue forage fertility
August 17, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBDale Helwig, [email protected], was guest on this weeks podcast. He talks about fertility in fescue forages, especially as related to fall fertility.
Nitrates and Prussic acid in forages for cattle
August 10, 2020 20:16 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBDr. Glenn Selk, Emertis Animal Scientist with Oklahoma State University is the guest. He talks about 30 years worth of work on nitrates in forages. For more information than included in this podcast, please look at these publications: Oklahoma State University nitrate publication Kansas State University nitrate publication
Climate hub resources
August 03, 2020 22:54 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBClay Pope with Southern Plains Climate Hub talks about tools that producers can use to help with some of the dramatic weather events and effects on cattle and pasture management. Links to resources he mentioned can be found here: Southern Plains Climate Hub Grass-cast
Grazing standing corn
July 27, 2020 22:42 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBWe discuss grazing standing corn by cows, growing, and grass-finished beef cattle with guest Dr. Jeffrey Lehmkuhler ([email protected]) who is an Extension Beef Cattle Specialist with University of Kentucky.
Ag Law in a Nutshell
July 20, 2020 18:17 - 28 minutes - 39 MBTiffany Dowell Lashmet, J.D. ([email protected]), Agricultural Law Specialist within Agricultural Economics Department with Texas A&M AgriLife system is guest. She talks about ag lease, landowner liability, and estate planning. Here are some additional links to topics discussed. https://nationalaglawcenter.org/ http://agecon.okstate.edu/farmtransitions/files/farm-transitions-workbook.pdf https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/ https://aglaw.libsyn.com/
Confined cow-calf production
July 13, 2020 17:19 - 30 minutes - 14 MBKarla Wilke ([email protected]), UNL cow-calf nutritionist is guest. She discusses some of the "art and science" of confined cow feeding. Written publications can be found at http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/html/g2237/build/g2237.htm; https://beef.unl.edu/dry-lot-beef-cowcalf-enterprise; https://beef.unl.edu/cattleproduction/breedingcowsinconfinement.
Serecia lespedeza in pastures
July 07, 2020 03:09 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBDr. KC Olson, Professor in Animal Science at Kansas State University ([email protected]) is guest. He talks about the issues with serecia lespedeza in pasture and some management options for controlling this invasive weed.
Early pregnancy diagnosis in cattle
June 29, 2020 18:05 - 21 minutes - 9.87 MBDr. Sandy Johnson, beef specialist and reproductive physiologist with Kansas State University ([email protected]) is guest. Discussed importance of pregnancy diagnosis in cattle and some examples of how to utilize early pregnancy diagnosis within a variety of management practices.
Fire for fescue seedhead suppression
June 22, 2020 16:01 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBGuest this week is Dr. Eric Bailey, Extension Beef Specialist from Mizzou ([email protected]). Our topic is using fire for seedhead suppression in fescue pastures as a method to try and mitigate fescue toxicity issues.
Beef Basis and economic tools for decision making
June 15, 2020 16:45 - 17 minutes - 8.19 MBDr. Dale Blasi, Extension beef specialist, is guest this week. He is talking about tool www.beefbasis.com to help with future pricing and decision making for cattle marketing decisions. He also addresses using tools on www.agmanager.info to help with marketing decisions for all classes of livestock. Dr. Blasi can be reached at [email protected] and Dr. Glynn Tonsor, economist involved in these tools can be reached at [email protected].
Heat stress in beef cattle
June 08, 2020 18:10 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBGuest for the episode is Dr. AJ Tarpoff ([email protected]), a veterinarian with Kansas State University. He will talk about why heat stress is an issue, how to manage for it, and addresses water for heat stressed animals. Some tools he mentions can be found at the links below: https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/clay-center-ne/marc/docs/heat-stress/main/ and https://mesonet.k-state.edu/agriculture/animal/
Episode 2: Teff Grass as a forage
June 02, 2020 15:11 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBBrian Pugh, Oklahoma State University agronomist was the guest for the week. He brings many years of teff production expertise to the table. Teff is a cereal crop that has been found to provide a high quality forage for livestock species. You can contact Brian at [email protected] with any additional questions, or contact Dr. J.
Distillers grains alternatives
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 9.47 MBWith COVID-19 in 2020, distillers grains have become a feed commidity that is harder to find, and if found, prices have increased. Dr. Justin Waggoner, KSU beef specialist is guest for podcast and talks about some alternatives for cattle producers.