1291 — Historical Drought Explanation…Benefits of Colostrum for Older Calves
- 2022 Swine Day
- What Lead to This Year’s Drought?
- Milk Lines
00:01:13 — 2022 Swine Day: We begin today’s program with K-State swine Extension specialist, Joel DeRouchey. He shares insight into the upcoming 2022 Swine Day which is taking place November 17th.
00:12:05 — What Lead to This Year’s Drought?: K-State assistant state climatologist, Matt Sittel, and K-State meteorologist, Chip Redmond, join us for an overview of the drought challenges we have continued to face this year and how they measure up historically. They go month by month explaining the data behind the conditions and the meteorological events that led up to this difficult year.
Matt's Agronomy eUpdate article focusing on the temperatures of Summer 2022
00:23:04 — Milk Lines: We end with K-State dairy specialist, Mike Brouk, he discusses the benefits of giving two-to-three week old calves additional colostrum.
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