1261 – How Are Slaughter Numbers Playing Out? … NASA and Extension Work to Help Producers

<ul> <li><strong>How Are Slaughter Numbers Playing Out?</strong></li> <li><strong>NASA and Extension Work to Help Producers</strong></li> <li><strong>Converting Land to Native Wildlife Habitat</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>00:01:00 – How Are Slaughter Numbers Playing Out?:</strong> In this week’s cattle market report, Oklahoma State University livestock economist, Derrell Peel, explains the current cash and futures markets and breaks down the difference between slaughter numbers anticipated at the beginning of this year and how things have played out</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>00:12:00 – NASA and Extension Work to Help Producers:</strong> NASA scientists Brad Doorn, Chris Hayne, and Forest Melton discuss their recent tour of Kansas and visit with K-State Research and Extension and producers and describe their goal of creating data analytic tools with producers’ needs in mind and the on-going relationship between the team with NASA and Extension specialists</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:23:00 –</strong> <strong>Converting Land to Native Wildlife Habitat:</strong> In this week's wildlife management segment, K-State wildlife Extension specialist, Drew Ricketts, discusses four programs that provide opportunities to assist landowners in converting land back into native wildlife habitat</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to <a href="mailto:ksrenews@ksu.edu">ksrenews@ksu.edu</a>.</p> <p>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 Samantha Bennett and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.</p> <p> </p> <p>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, st