{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Beef Cattle Institute Podcast\u2026Supplemental Feeding Options","description":"\u2022 The latest Cattle Chat podcast \u2022 Supplemental feeding options for the grazing cow herd \u2022 Principles of wheat variety selection \u2022 Landscape tree afflictions to watch for\u2026 00:01:30 \u2013 Beef Cattle Institute Podcast:&amp;nbsp; K-State range cattle management scientist K C Olson joins the K-State Beef Cattle Institute staff on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, as they take up two cow-calf management topics:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the pros and cons of adopting a late spring-early summer calving season...and determining the cow size standard for a given herd. 00:12:53 \u2013 Supplemental Feeding Options:&amp;nbsp; K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner looks at supplemental feeding options for the grazing cow herd in areas where drought or dry conditions are expected to persist into the summer...including ammonia-treated wheat straw put up after the harvest. 00: 24:18 \u2013 Wheat Variety Selection:&amp;nbsp; K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato covers some principles of wheat variety selection, which he addressed during K-State's Virtual Wheat Field Day last evening....with the second part of that event to be broadcast live on YouTube this evening. 00:32:22 \u2013 Landscape Tree Afflictions:&amp;nbsp; K-State horticulturist Ward Upham talks about two landscape tree afflictions that homeowners may notice right now...anthracnose on sycamores and sawfly larvae on ash trees...and if anything should be done about either of these. &amp;nbsp; Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to&amp;nbsp;ksrenews@ksu.edu. 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. &amp;nbsp; K\u2011State 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\u2011being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K\u2011State campus in Manhattan. ","author_name":"Agriculture Today","author_url":"http:\/\/agtodayksu.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14604311\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/14604311"}