• Changes to FSA's Farm Loan Program
• Strategic and Occasional Tillage in Cropping Systems
• Changing Goals for a Heifer

00:01:05 – Changes to FSA's Farm Loan Program: Beginning the show is Josh Ridder, Kansas FSA farm loan chief, explaining policy changes that are taking place at the Farm Service Agency and how they could impact farmers and ranchers.

Farmers.gov

Service Center Locator

00:12:05 – Strategic and Occasional Tillage in Cropping Systems: K-State’s Logan Simon and Augustine Obour continues today’s show as they talk about research that has been done looking into the use of strategic and occasional tillage in different systems.

Strategic Tillage in Long-term No-tillage Systems

Occasional Tillage Strategies in Dryland Cropping Systems

00:23:05 – Changing Goals for a Heifer: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Brad White, Bob Larson, Brian Lubbers, Phillip Lancaster and Dustin Pendell wrap up today’s show with a segment from their Cattle Chat podcast where they conversed about if producers can change their feedlot heifers into heifers for breeding.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

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