Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University
provides this week's cattle market analysis:  he offers his take on
the short-term and long-term impacts of the drought on the cattle
price trends, and shares his observations from a recent trip to
cattle country in Mexico.


K-State beef cattle nutritionist Chris Reinhardt promotes early
weaning of spring-born beef calves, in response to severely dry
pasture conditions:  he talks about the actual advantages an early
weaned calf may have over one weaned at the traditional time.


And for this week's Kansas 4-H feature, K-State 4-H specialist
Gary Gerhard discusses how 4-H develops decision-making skills in
young people.



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.

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