K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner discusses the
negative consequences of the drought on cow herd feedstuffs heading
into the fall and winter, and why producers need to be thinking about
alternative feed resources now, rather than later

K-State beef veterinarian Larry Hollis previews the 2012 K-State Beef
Conference coming up in early August in Manhattan, and at several
satellite locations throughout Kansas via a live webcast of the
proceedings

For this week's segment on the potential listing of the lesser
prairie chicken as a threatened and endangered species, Michelle
Shaughnessy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines the
special conservation programs that department has made available to
landowners in other states for developing and preserving lesser
prairie chicken habitat

And K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee looks at a list of new
proposals for studying the impact of wind turbines on migratory
wildlife

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