1749 - Cattle Market Recap...Grant for Stripe Rust

Agriculture Today

• Livestock Product CPI and Retail Price
• Wheat Stripe Rust Research
• Frogs Around Kansas

00:01:05 – Livestock Product CPI and Retail Price: A cattle market update from Livestock Marketing Information Center’s director Tyler Cozzens begins today’s show. Tyler gives a market recap and talks about the consumer price index and retail meat prices.

LMIC.info

00:12:05 – Wheat Stripe Rust Research: Continuing the show is K-State wheat disease specialist, Erick DeWolf, explaining a recent grant he received to research heat tolerant strains of wheat stripe rust.

00:23:05 – Frogs Around Kansas: Joe Gerken, K-State fisheries and aquatics Extension specialist, wraps up the show by discussing how many species of frogs are in Kansas and how they interact with ponds.

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to [e-mail].

Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

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 in Manhattan