1676 - Cattle Market Recovery...Visiting K-State for a Semester

• Heavier Cattle Carcasses
• Australian Student Visiting K-State
• Faces in Agriculture: Jim Young

 

00:01:05 – Heavier Cattle Carcasses:  A cattle market update with Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University livestock economist, begins today’s show. He explains that carcass weights have increased, and he shares why that is.

 

00:12:05 – Australian Student Visiting K-State: Libby Falkiner keeps the show rolling as she talks about her experience at K-State and what brought here from Australia for the semester.

angusaustralia.com.au

 

00:23:05 – Faces in Agriculture: Jim Young: Ending the show is another segment of Faces in Agriculture with Jim Young from Kiowa County. Jim talks about how he got into hauling hay in Kansas and what have been some of his biggest challenges.

 

 

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