1158 – Non-Cattle Reports Potential Influence on Cattle Prices … Factors Impacting Two A-I Issues with Calves

<ul> <li><strong>Non-Cattle Reports Potential Influence on Cattle Prices</strong></li> <li><strong>Factors Impacting Two A-I issues with Calves</strong></li> <li><strong>Evaluating Livestock Risk Protection</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>00:01:00 – Non-Cattle Reports Potential Influence on Cattle Prices:</strong> The director of the Livestock Market Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, talks about how two non-cattle USDA reports released last week are likely to influence cattle prices moving forward...the Prospective Plantings report and the quarterly Hogs-and-Pigs report</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>00:12:00 – Factors Impacting Two A-I issues with Calves:</strong> K-State beef reproduction specialist Sandy Johnson talks about two issues that cow-calf producers running A-I programs have been bringing up to her of late:  what they perceive to be low A-I calving rates, and A-I-produced calves that are arriving earlier than anticipated...she talks about the factors at work in both cases</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:23:00 –</strong> <strong>Evaluating Livestock Risk Protection:</strong> K-State risk management specialist Jenny Ifft presents the final segment in her series on price risk management for cow-calf operators, announcing the creation of a new decision aid out of K-State that can assist producers in evaluating Livestock Risk Protection insurance coverage</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 Eric Atkinson 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 use