Laura Goodman from Oklahoma State University was the guest for the week talking about fire and using goats to manage for undersirable plant species in pastures. More information about the project can be found at www.theprairieproject.org
JJ Jones, area extension economist with Oklahoma State University was guest this week talking about the USDA hay stocks report, drought, and implications of the hay shortage for cattle producers.
Karla Wilke, UNL, was guest for the week talking about early weaning of calves. This was addressed in the form of a drought management option for producers, but also general information for success of early weaning calves. More drought options can be found https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2022/what-are-my-options-when-i-am-out-grass
Dr. Jaymelynn Farney, PhD ( jkj@ksu.edu ) kicks off season 3 of Dr. Js Beef podcast by addressing some management practices that can help reduce the amount of forage fed to cows. Options include substitution, limit-feeding, and ionophores. For more information about confined cow feeding https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MF3115.pdf
Wesley Tucker from Mizzou was guest. He discusses some planning and things that are occurring that have lead to some intersting cattle production decisions in this time of high cost inputs, but also high priced outputs.
Dwayne Elmore, Wildlife Extension Specialist with Oklahoma State University was guest for the week. He talks about infrasture adaptations to allow for a "friendlier" co-existance of livestock operations and wildlife. More information can be found in this fact sheet https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/minimizing-impacts-to-wildlife-from-livestock-infrastructure.html...
Will Boyer ( wboyer@ksu.edu ), watershed specialist with Kansas State University, was guest for the week talking about using drones and other technologies to help with pasture and water management for cattle producers.
Megan Van Eman ( megan.vanemon@montana.edu ) was guest for week talking about control, treatment, and management of calf scours.
Sometimes we have to bottle-feed baby calves. Here are some things to think about to have a successful bottle feeding experience. Dr. Jaymelynn Farney was presenter.
Dr. Victor Leon Gomez ( vgomezleon@ksu.edu ) was guest this week. He is an extension dairy specialist and talks about the increase in number of dairy operations utilizing beef semen in production systems.
Cassandra Olds ( colds@ksu.edu ) was guest for the week talking about the EPA removal of Chlorpyrifos (insecticide) from agricultural production. This product is used in one brand of eartag, and she addresses how to properly dispose of this recalled product and other management options for fly control via eartags.
Dr. Jaymelynn Farney talks about the benefits to cow-calf producers to castrate bull calves early in their life and the added management practice of using implants.
Dr. Jaymelynn Farney talks about ways to help with calving season from a nutritionist perspective. She addresses how to have more calves born during the day, importance of body condition scoring, and feeding prior to calving.
Dr. Bruno Pedreira was guest for the week addressing the issue of high fertilizer costs and how that plays a role in pasture management decisions.
Dr. Jaymelynn Farney talks about vitamins for the cow herd - both in preparation of calving and as a strategic feeding system.
Joshua Maples guest for the week talking about livestock reporting in the US Beef Cattle Supply chain. More information can be found at https://www.afpc.tamu.edu/research/publications/710/cattle.pdf.
Eric Bailey ( baileyeric@missouri.edu ) was guest this week. He talks about common plant toxicities for cattle and how they handle storage.
Dr. Stephen Koontz ( stephen.koontz@colostate.edu ) is guest for today talking about alternative marketing arrangements in the US beef cattle market. He addresses formula pricing, live markets, and possible economic effects.
John Anderson, professor in agricultural economics was guest for this week talking about price discovery for the US beef cattle industry. His talk is based on white paper that can be read here. https://www.afpc.tamu.edu/research/publications/710/cattle.pdf
Dr. Derrell Peel from Oklahoma State University talks about the history of the US cattle market and how that has played a role in current price trends. A longer publication about the topics discussed can be found that includes illustrations, can be found at https://www.afpc.tamu.edu/research/publications/710/cattle.pdf
Dr. Jaymelynn Farney ( jkj@ksu.edu ) talks about the importance of testing forages for nutrients as we are coming into the winter. She talks about what information needs to be captured, the general differences in cool season and warm season harvested forages, and methods of collecting samples.
Mr. Callahan Grund, executive director of the US CattleTrace program ( www.uscattletrace.org ) was guest for the week talking about the voluntary cattle traceability program for US cattle producers and beef industry.
We highlight an undergraduate research project conducted at Kansas State University. Former undergraduate student, Zachary Buessing presented the data from a project where they measured cattle performance and stress based on the interval between arrival at feedlot and initial processing.
Janna Block ( janna.block@ndsu.edu ) from North Dakota State University was guest for the week talking about grass tetany. She talks about several different forage types and managing for grass tetany.
Justin Waggoner ( jwaggon@ksu.edu ) was guest for the week talking about the use of alfalfa in cow-calf diets.
Dr. AJ Tarpoff ( tarpoff@ksu.edu ) was guest for the week talking about a recent project he completed looking at different methods of castration for 700 pound bulls.
Graduate student from Kansas State University, Drew Lakamp, talks about his M.S. thesis project. He discusses land-use efficiency based on cow size, lactation potential, and when needing to supplement cow-calf operation which is more energetically efficient - corn or milo.
Blake Layton, Mississippi State extension entomologists, talks about the effects of army worms on forages and ways to control this pest.
Graudate student, Will Shaffer ( wrshf7@ksu.edu ), under guidance of Dr. Megan Rolf ( megrolf@ksu.edu ) talks to us this week about the concept of phenotypic plasticity and potential usage in genetic evaluations for cattle.
Guest for the week is Romulo Lollato ( lollato@ksu.edu ) and he talks about managing wheat for both a grazeable pasture and harvesting for grain (dual-purpose wheat production system). For more specifics about management options, please go to these resources: https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MF3375.pdf https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MF3312.pdf https://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/services/crop-performance-tests/winter-wheat/2021-wheat-performance-tests.html http://wheat.okstate.edu/variety-t...
