2213 - Calm Cattle Market...Starting to See Brown Recluse Spiders

• Cattle Prices and Meat Demand
• Brown Recluse Spiders are Crawling Out
• Kansas FFA at Washington Leadership Conference

 

00:01:05 – Cattle Prices and Meat Demand: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, kicks off the show as he talks about the mostly calm cattle market and how people's finances impact their meat protein purchases.

Glynn on AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Brown Recluse Spiders are Crawling Out: K-State entomologist Jeff Whitworth keeps the show rolling as he chats about brown recluse spiders. Jeff shares where they are most likely to be found and what control may work.

 

00:23:05  – Kansas FFA at Washington Leadership Conference: Today's show ends with Lexi Averhoff from Kansas FFA discussing her involvement with the Washington Leadership Conference and what she learned to bring back home to her community. 

ksFFA.org

 

 

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