Pregnancy-Staging Cows and Heifers…Beef Basis Tool
• The advantages of pregnancy-staging cows and heifers
• The online Beef Basis tool can eliminate guesswork for producers
• Today’s wheat harvest update, and the latest “Milk Lines”
• Controlling cattail growth in farm ponds…
00:01:30 – Pregnancy-Staging Cows and Heifers: K-State beef cattle specialist Sandy Johnson talks about the advantages of pregnancy-staging cows and heifers this summer, as knowing when a female has settled can be valuable management information...she goes over the means of pregnancy detection for this purpose.
00:12:55 – Beef Basis Tool: K-State beef cattle specialists Jaymelynn Farney and Dale Blasi discuss what the online Beef Basis tool can do for a producer in making calf feeding and marketing decisions post-weaning...they walk through examples of how a producer can use it.
00:24:07 – Wheat Harvest Report: Today's wheat harvest update features Extension crop production agent Sandra Wick of the Post Rock Extension District in north-central Kansas, which includes Smith, Jewell, Osborne, Marshall and Lincoln counties.
00:32:30 – Controlling Cattail Growth: K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee talks about controlling excessive cattail growth in farm ponds.
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