BCI Cattle Chat

2021 Cattle Chat Podcasts

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024by ksubci

Episode 192: December 31, 2021
Calving timing, breeding heifers, body condition score timing

Episode 191: December 24, 2021
KLA/ AVC conferences, beef/ dairy cross topics, differences between AIP and BRD, how to get back into the beef industry

Episode 190: December 17, 2021
Crossbreeding in small herds, BRD in calves post-weaning, feeding hay vs. continued grazing, low carbon meat

Episode 189: December 10, 2021
Supply chain shortages, pasture vs. non-pasture feed costs, fetal programming

Episode 188: December 3, 2021
Record analysis, culling pregnant cows, different profit cow-calf operations, Withdrawals

Episode 187: November 26, 2021
Record keeping, weaning transitions: free hay, product handling, research round-up

Episode 186: November 19, 2021
Grazing crop stubble, research round-up: BRD and pain, consumer demand and cattle pricing

Episode 185: November 11, 2021
Economic sustainability of diagnostic labs, parasites and sustainability, risk management and efficiency in cattle pricing

Episode 184: November 5, 2021
Big versus small packers, moving cattle onto fescue, rotating internal parasite products

Episode 183: October 29, 2021
Listener question: post-drought management, eliminating pregnancy loss, internal parasite treatment

Episode 182: October 22, 2021
Internal parasites, when to deworm calves, should you deworm cows?

Episode 181: October 15, 2021
Weaning prep, listener question, transition diet pt. 2

Episode 180: October 8, 2021
Measuring cow herd efficiency, role of research in cow-calf operations, transition diets during weaning

Episode 179: October 1, 2021
Is it actually pinkeye, acidosis and semen production, grazing management plans, carbon credits

Episode 178: September 24, 2021
Beef balance sheet, bull management, grazing monitoring, antibiotic treatment after non-response

Episode 177: September 17, 2021
Stress in cattle, cow herd size changes, grazing monitoring, antibiotic wait time

Episode 176: September 10, 2021
Post-weaning cow management, traceability in the cow-calf herd, better antibiotics, food waste research

Episode 175: September 3, 2021
Research round-Up, alternative marketing, talent management and development, flooring and lameness, anaplasmosis

Episode 174: August 27, 2021
Grazing rates, labor, solar panels, Anthrax

Episode 173: August 20, 2021
Pond management, invest in your herd, reducing shrinkage, weaning and cow health

Episode 172: August 13, 2021
Rabies in cattle, choice vs. select, Research Roundup, blackleg, invest in your herd

Episode 171: August 6, 2021
Grazing season, purchase or produce hay, hay quality and quantity, pre-weaning health management

Episode 170: July 30, 2021
Low stress weaning, managing immunity, post-weaning weight loss, pain management

Episode 169: July 23, 2021
Culling cows, biosecurity, Research Roundup, sustainability, over the counter antibiotics

Episode 168: July 16, 2021
Fencing, fair season warts and ringworm, summer pneumonia, net wrap

Episode 167: July 9, 2021
Fly control, euthanasia, drought management, supplement stocker cattle

Episode 166: July 2, 2021
Cow-calf software, baling hay, Research Roundup, creep feeding, milk fever

Episode 165: June 25, 2021
Research Roundup, beef calves from dairy, pinkeye, replacing corn with wheat, cow vaccinations

Episode 164: June 18, 2021
Training students in animal science, new technologies in the repro world, matching cows to the environment

Episode 163: June 11, 2021
Stocking rate, cattle cycle, value of genetic testing, route of administration

Episode 162: June 4, 2021
Hoof care, water quality, Kansas Farm Bureau, first calf heifers

Episode 161: May 28, 2021
Feed efficiency, feet and leg scores, heat stress

Episode 160: May 21, 2021
High commodity prices, drought management, implants in young calves, vaccinating in warm weather

Episode 159: May 14, 2021
Bottle calves, bringing in orphans, in-season breeding soundness exam, grass feeding

Episode 158: May 7, 2021
Animal agriculture research, replacement heifers, generic antimicrobials, deworming strategies

Episode 157: April 30, 2021
Cattle bloat, US beef imports and exports, copper and trace minerals, Johnes Disease

Episode 156: April 23, 2021
Brazil production system, mineral selection plans, calving timing, needle size

Episode 155: April 16, 2021
News update, BVD, summer pasture utilization, listener question

Episode 154: April 9, 2021
Impact of Grazing Season, AI Synchronization, Cow Depreciation, Hair Shedding

Episode 153: April 2, 2021
War Against Weeds, Weed Management, Grazing Management, Natives vs. Introduced

Episode 152: March 26, 2021
Culls Cows, Calving Difficulty, Transitioning to Grass, Following Up

Episode 151: March 19, 2021
Sustainability, Calving and Spring Issues, BSE, Bull Management and Genetics

Episode 150: March 12, 2021
Hay feeding, breeding soundness exam, bull economics, extending grazing season

Episode 149: March 5, 2021
Cost of open cows, treating calf scours, mud muck, how to prevent enterotoxemia

Episode 148: February 26, 2021
Stump the experts, preventing calf scours, colostrum follow-up, bull spring training

Episode 147: February 19, 2021
Planning synchronization programs in heifers, cold stress management, sustainability in grasslands

Episode 146: February 12, 2021
Eric Atkinson, technology for information, ag innovations, trends in information gathering

Episode 145: February 5, 2021
Breeding & heterogeneity, colostrum, international trade, bull social introductions

Episode 144: January 29, 2021
Traceability, CattleTrace pilot project, CattleTrace memberships

Episode 143: January 22, 2021
Winter lice, growing calf rations, cash marketing of fed cattle, providing minerals

Episode 142: January 15, 2021
Post-calving breeding, replacement heifers, pointers for new operations, rotational grazing fencing options

Episode 141: January 8, 2021
Monitoring body condition score, breeding fall cows, cow size and profitability, and polio

Episode 140: January 1, 2021
Grazing soybean stubble, fescue toxicity and vasodilators, cover crops to use nitrogen in dry lot, winter water mineral supplementation

2022 Cattle Chat Podcasts

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024by ksubci

Episode 244: December 30, 2022
Winter Feed Costs, Record Keeping, Listeriosis

Episode 243: December 23, 2022
Calving, Scours Management, Nutritional Management

Episode 242: December 16, 2022
Separating Heifers & Cows, Calving Barns, EID

Episode 241: December 9, 2022
Traceability in the U.S. and Farmers Share of the Dollar

Episode 240: December 2, 2022
Cows Going to Market, Winter Pasture Management, Heritability & Accuracy

Episode 239: November 25, 2022
Vitamin A, Leasing vs. Buying a Bull, Implants

Episode 238: November 18, 2022
Purebred vs. Composite Bulls, Coccidiosis, Selecting Relevant Traits

Episode 237: November 11, 2022
Mineral Form, VFD, Fetal Programming

Episode 236: November 4, 2022
Anaplasmosis, Beta Agonists, Rice Bran

Episode 235: October 28, 2022
Bulls, Sustainability, Agrotoursim

Episode 234: October 21, 2022
Bull Management, Financial Planning, Winter Grazing Techniques

Episode 233: October 14, 2022
Liver Abscesses, Prepping Calves for the Sale Barn, Ammoniated Forages

Episode 232: October 7, 2022
Kelli Almes, Biosecurity Plans, Practitioner Response

Episode 231: September 30, 2022
Monitoring Meat Demand, Nutrition for Fall Calving Cows, Pharmaceutical Updates

Episode 230: September 23, 2022
Purebred vs. Crossbred, Pharmaceutical Updates, Farm Incomes

Episode 229: September 16, 2022
5 Areas of Growth, Pre-Weaning Mortality, PRF Insurance

Episode 228: September 9, 2022
Fall Forage, Small Packing Plants, Cows Fitting their Environment

Episode 227: September 2, 2022
Inflation, Syringe Management, Weaning

Episode 226: August 26, 2022
Higher Input Prices, Body Condition Score, Needle Sizes

Episode 225: August 19, 2022
Liver Abscesses, Stockpiling Forages, Record Keeping

Episode 224: August 12, 2022
Preconditioning Economics, Vaccine Labels, Labor Shortages

Episode 223: August 5, 2022
Drought Related Plant Issues, Heart Disease Research, Liver Biopsies

Episode 222: July 29, 2022
Family Farms and Production, Early Weaning, Pre-Weaning Pneumonia

Episode 221: July 22, 2022
Land-Grant Funding, Hay Testing, Snake Bites, Abscesses & Other Issues

Episode 220: July 15, 2022
ERS Chart: Shrinking Farms, Early Pregnancy Check, ET vs. AI

Episode 219: July 8, 2022
Samantha Bennett, Heat Stress and Management, Preventing Disease Entry

Episode 218: July 1, 2022
Australian Cattle Industry and BVD

Episode 217: June 24, 2022
Managing rising input costs, rotational grazing, bull and cow safety

Episode 216: June 17, 2022
New antibiotic legislation, first calf heifer management, hairy heel warts

Episode 215: June 10, 2022
Penile warts, value of tree leaves, starting in agriculture

Episode 214: June 3, 2022
Creep feeding, minerals & vitamins, water access/quality

Episode 213: May 27, 2022
Warts and ringworm, benefits of AI, early pregnancy loss

Episode 212: May 20, 2022
USRSB key metrics, shortening your calving season, listener question: corkscrew bulls

Episode 211: May 13, 2022
Operational data vs. national industry data, impact of seasonal changes, strategies to get into the beef industry

Episode 210: May 6, 2022
AI programs expectations, heifer and cow synch programs, sexed semen in beef cattle

Episode 209: April 29, 2022
Grazing plan, supplementing cows, employee recruitment

Episode 208: April 22, 2022
When bulls do not pass their BSE, consumer interest in local beef, synch and natural service

Episode 207: April 15, 2022
Food Animal Veterinary Certificate/ Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas, Should you perform a BSE on a mature bull, veterinary school advice

After the Chat: Bacterial Vaccine Efficacy

Episode 206: April 8, 2022
Developing bulls and heifers, bacterial vaccine efficacy, cow leasing

After the Chat: AI for Cows

Episode 205: April 1, 2022
AI for cows, transitioning to lush pastures, listener question: small ruminants and cattle

Episode 204: March 25, 2022
Alternative protein sources, risk management for cow-calf producers, atypical pinkeye, cattle herd expansion or contraction

Episode 203: March 18, 2022
Small calves, peak nutritional needs, clean-up bull planning, manheimmia on environmental surfaces

Episode 202: March 11, 2022
Hemp as an alternative feedsource, pain management decisions, tactical health plan building, BRD and pain management

Episode 201: March 4, 2022
Beef Quality Assurance, biosecurity, secure beef supply

Episode 200: February 25, 2022
Liver abscesses, disaster response, focus on feedlot, Cattlemen’s Day schedule

Episode 199: February 18, 2022
Pre-sale strategy, questions with a bull expert, cattle inventory, FAA testing in bulls

Episode 198: February 11, 2022
Sandhills calving system definition, planning for drought, conflict resolution

Episode 197: February 4, 2022
Minimizing hay waste, balancing act, overseeding legumes, joint and navel ill

Episode 196: January 28, 2022
Low-stress facilities, AABP vaccine guidelines, old world bluestem, mud control

Episode 195: January 21, 2022
Tracking technology, cover crops, supplementing heifers over the winter, dehydration in calves

Episode 194: January 14, 2022
Prep for calving season, water in the winter, colostrum management, supplementing with fat

Episode 193: January 7, 2022
Sorting hay and calves, new diagnostic test for BRD, listener question

2023 Cattle Chat Podcasts

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024by ksubci

Episode 296: December 29, 2023
Year End Review

Episode 295: December 22, 2023
Winter Feeding Plans, Cold Weather Management, Research Round-Up

Episode 294: December 15, 2023
AVC Highlights, Economic Questions, Confined Systems

Episode 293: December 8, 2023
Industry Inventory Counts, Winter Cow and Bull Management, Research Round-Up

Episode 292: December 1, 2023
Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Role of Genetics in Sustainability, What Can I do as a Producer?

Episode 291: November 24, 2023
Selecting Replacement Heifers, Selling Calves, Treating Sick Calves

Episode 290: November 17, 2023
Bringing in Bred Heifers, Economic Questions, Pest Control

Episode 289: November 10, 2023
Sandhills Calving, Corn Stalk Bales, Mandatory Price Reporting

Episode 288: November 3, 2023
Sustainability in Beef Production, Herd Records, Feeder Calf Marketing

Episode 287: October 27, 2023
Beef/Dairy Cross Genetics, Managing Hay Shortages, Have Weaning Weights Improved

Episode 286: October 20, 2023
Growing Your Operation, Anaplasmosis, Grazing Failed Beans

Episode 285: October 13, 2023
High Tech Repro Technology, Economic Questions, What Does it Mean to be a Recip Herd

Episode 284: October 6, 2023
What’s Next in Genetic Technologies, Supplemental Protein, Selecting for Sustainability

Episode 283: September 29, 2023
How do I Prevent Pregnancy Loss, Culling Decisions at Preg Checking, Infertility vs. Pre-Loss

Episode 282: September 22, 2023
Cattle Chat Live at the Kansas State Fair

Episode 281: September 15, 2023
Research – Heat Impacts, Goals with Pregnancy Checking, How to Best Handle Heat Stress?

Episode 280: September 8, 2023
Replacement heifers, Feeding Soybean Hay, What is Compounding?

Episode 279: September 1, 2023
Listener Question, Economic Questions, Seedstock Producers: What are diseases/challenges?

Episode 278: August 25, 2023
Heifer Management, Vaccination Timing for Calves, Hidden Cost of Transportation: Shrink

Episode 277: August 18, 2023
AVC Conference Summary, Treatment Strategies for Sick Cattle on Summer Pastures, Role of a Composite Sire in a Commercial Breeding Program

Episode 276: August 11, 2023
BVD Herd Prevalence, Beef Consumption in North America, Late Summer Fly Management

Episode 275: August 4, 2023
Cattle Inventory and Selling Strategies, Grazing Management for Fall, Selecting a Weaning Date

Episode 274: July 28, 2023
Listener Question: Product Disposable, What To Do With a Deceased Animal, Intensive Grazing and Impact on Sustainability

Episode 273: July 21, 2023
Listener Question: EPD Overview, European Market Knowledge, Managing Breeding Pastures for Optimum Genetics

Episode 272: July 14, 2023
Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health- Americas, Bovine Leukemia Virus and Fertility, Listener Question: Grazing Costs

Episode 271: July 7, 2023
Pinkeye, Low Stress Cattle Handling, Listener Question: Heat Stress

Episode 270: June 30 ,2023
Preparations for the Fair, Heat Stress, Research Round Up

Episode 269: June 23, 2023
Introducing Agriculture Today Host Shelby Varner, Tips for Managing Products in the Summer, Beef Cattle Welfare Research Review with Dr. Eduarda Bortoluzzi

Episode 268: June 16, 2023
Water Issues When Ponds Are Low, Hay Cutting and Storage, Guidance 263 and the Beef Producer

Episode 267: June 9, 2023
Hair Shedding, 5 Year Anniversary Questions, Factors Influencing Twin Births

Episode 266: June 2, 2023
Processing Babies, Listener Question, Gut Health: not just the rumen

Episode 265: May 26, 2023
Lameness, Factors Impacting Birth Weight, Research Round-Up

Episode 264: May 19, 2023
Male Fertility, Value Proposition Of Reproduction Technology And Genomic Selection

Episode 263: May 12, 2023
Grass Tetany, Hidden Operational Costs, Listener Question

Episode 262: May 5, 2023
Listener Question, NIAA, Economic Questions, Electric Fencing

Episode 261: April 28, 2023
Processing Calves, Implanting Bulls, Pre-Pasture Turnout Checklist

Episode 260: April 21, 2023
Feeding Cows, Dairy Beef, Front End Loading

Episode 259: April 14, 2023
IVF/Reproduction, Breeding Questions, Fertility in Herds

Episode 258: April 7, 2023
Beef Advocacy, Defining Sustainability, Beef Checkoff Research

Episode 257: March 31, 2023
Listener Question, Brian’s Trip, Research Round Up

Episode 256: March 24, 2023
Pre-Weaning BRD, Managing Bottle Calves, Building Immunity to BRD

Episode 255: March 17, 2023
Post Calving Nutrition, Economic Questions, Hardware Disease

Episode 254: March 10, 2023
Cattle Abortions, Listener Question, Supplement Post Calving

Episode 253: March 3, 2023
Learning More About Antibiotics, Cattle Cycle, Research Round-Up

Episode 252: February 24, 2023
Scours, Niche Marketing, Mineral Needs

Episode 251: February 17, 2023
NCBA, Economic Questions, Starting a Podcast

Episode 250: February 10, 2023
Colostrum, Drought Management/Planning, Buying vs. Raising Bulls

Episode 249: February 3, 2023
FDA Guidance for Industry 263, CAST Group, Cattle Health Care Kit

Episode 248: January 27, 2023
Tips for New Ranchers, Buying Females, Communicating in Agriculture

Episode 247: January 20, 2023
Udders, Economic Questions, Grazing Bean Stubble

Episode 246: January 13, 2023
Creating a Health Plan, Body Condition Score, Reviving Calves

Episode 245: January 6, 2023
Reviving New Born Calves, Economic Questions, Cold Weather Management

Research Round-Up, Breeding Season Questions, Boosting Heifers Prior to Puberty

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2:32 Research Round-Up: Rebecca Bigelow

9:52 Breeding Season Questions

15:20 Boosting Heifers Prior to Puberty

Guest: Rebecca Bigelow, Ph.D. Student

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