Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University
comments on the cattle market trends: he talks about an unusual calf
purchase signal now evident in the feeder cattle market, and comments
on the prospect of Japan loosening up its restrictions on imports of
U.S. beef

K-State range and pasture management specialist Walt Fick offers
several thoughts on grazing management planning, coming off this year
of drought...among other things, he talks about the drought's impact
on long-term pasture composition, and about amending stocking rates
and the duration of grazing to promote pasture recovery

And for this week's Kansas 4-H segment, K-State 4-H specialist
Beth Hinshaw offers tips on project selection, as the new 4-H program
year begins in October

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 the Agriculture
Today archives.


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