K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee talks about the steps to yielding top-quality venison from this year's deer hunt, from field to table.

A look at today's top agricultural stories, plus this week's Milk Lines.

K-State crop nutrient management specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz follows, then, with input on topdress nitrogen decisions for winter wheat, and whether any changes should be made in that application on stands that were planted late because of wet fields.

K-State wheat disease specialist Erick DeWolf comments on early establishment of various diseases in the new winter wheat crop resulting from the long stretch of wet soil conditions, including foliar and root diseases...information that growers should factor
into their wheat management decisions from here forward.

Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University shares his insight on the fed and feeder cattle markets...focusing in part on an unusual situation in the feeder cattle market that may make it more economically feasible for producers to purchase and graze
stockers on late-planted winter wheat stands.

K-State livestock specialist Sandy Johnson looks at K-State research into feeding light test-weight grain sorghum to beef cattle...findings that are supportive of using such grain in the growing and finishing rations.

K-State 4-H specialist Justin Wiebers announces that the deadline is coming up for applying for the 2010 Citizenship Washington Focus learning trip to the
nation's capital.

Two featured speakers at the K-State Swine Day yesterday:  a regional vice president for Bank of the West with a long career in swine operation financing, Kent Bang, talks about what the hog production sector must do to assure its future economically. And, the assistant vice president for science and technology with the National Pork Board, Liz Wagstrom, talks about the challenge in convincing  international markets to fully open back up to U.S. pork, in the wake of the H1N1 flu issue..
 

K-State grain market economist Mike Woolverton comments on the grain price trends over this past week, with a closer look at the grain export outlook, given the continued weakening of the dollar overseas.

State climatologist Mary Knapp of K-State provides her weekly look at Kansas agricultural weather.