The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Jim Robb,
covers the cattle market scene: he comments on the bearish overtones
of last Friday's USDA cattle-on-feed report, and takes a look at the
LMIC's latest projections on cattle finishing breakeven prices


From the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at K-State, Gregg Hanzlicek
discusses the possibility of cattle consuming toxic weeds on drought-
stressed pastures, based on an actual case he worked recently in
southwest Kansas...and K-State beef veterinarian Larry Hollis
comments on the heightened threat of blackleg disease in pasture
cattle this summer


And for this week's Kansas 4-H segment, K-State 4-H specialist in
youth gardening and plant science Evelyn Neier advises 4-Hers and
parents about readying horticultural exhibits for the county fair


Agriculture Today is broadcast each weekday morning at 10:00 on KFRM
Radio, Clay Center (550 AM) and KLOE Radio, Goodland (730 AM), which
collectively reach 75 counties in Kansas, parts of southern Nebraska,
eastern Colorado and northern Oklahoma...the broadcast can also be
heard over the K-State Radio Network website. Also see Agriculture Today
Radio archives.


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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, Manhattan.

Story by: Eric Atkinson
agguy@ksu.edu
K-State Research & Extension News