1402 - The Cattle Market Takes a Turn...An Internship Program Focusing on STEM and Service

<ul> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><strong>Price Increases in the Cattle Markets</strong></li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><strong>One of a Kind Internship Opportunity with BioKansas and NBAF</strong></li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><strong>Frogs in Kansas</strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:01:04 – Price Increases in the Cattle Markets:</strong> <span style="color: #242424;">Iowa State University livestock economist, Lee Schulz, begins today’s show with the latest information for this week’s cattle market update. He shares insight on the price increases seen in the market during the later half of last week and provides information on the USDA’s new Cattle Contracts Library resource.</span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/cattle-contracts-library-pilot-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More information from Lee on the Cattle Contracts Library</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain/cattle-contracts-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USDA's Cattle Contracts Library</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p><strong>00:12:18 – One of a Kind Internship Opportunity with BioKansas and NBAF:</strong> <span style="color: #242424;">Today we also discuss an exciting new internship program for students with the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) and BioKansas. BioKansas president and CEO, Sonia Hall, and NBAF communications director, Katie Pawlosky, share information on the opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM through this program. Internship focus areas available include animal science, cybersecurity, communications, physics, veterinary medicine and more.</span></p> <p class="contentpasted0" style="background: white;"><a href= "https://biokansas.org/internship/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="color: #242424;">More information on the program and the application</span></a></p> <p class="contentpasted0" style="background: white;"> </p> <p class="contentpasted01">