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Episode 399: January 2, 2026
Research Update: Katherine Shirley, When to Preg Check, Guest: Cameron Best, Australia vs U.S. Beef Production
Episode 398: December 19, 2025
Guest: Dr. Stephan Hughes, KSU Resources, Bull Fertility
Episode 397: December 12, 2025
Guest Dr. Cassandra Olds: What is Theileria, How is Theileria Transmitted, Heifer Development
Episode 396: December 5, 2025
Guest: Dr. Cassandra Olds, Theileria, Theileria Transmission, Winter Feeding Strategies
Episode 395: November 28, 2025
Guest Fred Gingrich, AVC, AABP, and Anaplasmosis
Episode 394: November 21, 2025
Evolution in the Feedlot Industry, Questioning Cow Calf Practices, Big Cows vs Small Cows on Pasture Update, Co-Mingling Bulls, Bull-to-Cow Ratio
Episode 393: November 14, 2025
Caroline Wingert Research Update, Co-Mingling Bulls, Bull-to-Cow Ratio
Episode 392: November 7, 2025
Records or Plans, How to Implement a Plan, Saving Replacement Heifers
Episode 391: October 31, 2025
Hearing from the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association
Episode 390: October 21, 2025
Research Update, New Grad Opportunities, New Products: How to Evaluate
Episode 389: October 17, 2025
Sponsored by ESTROTECT: Sync Program, Repro Tech, Calf Weaning Age
Episode 388: October 10, 2025
Expansion, Milo, Keeping Bulls
Episode 386: September 26, 2025
Breed Diversity, Heart Disease, Imports and Exports
Episode 385: September 19, 2025
Research Update, Pinkeye, A.I. Calving
Episode 384: September 12, 2025
Bull Creep Feeding, Anemia, New Diseases
Episode 383: September 5, 2025
Newborn Fly Control, Bovine Science, Castration Research
Episode 382: August 29, 2025
Select Research Update, Shrinkage, South America
Episode 381: August 22, 2025
Reinvesting, Calves on Feed, Risk Management
Episode 381: August 15, 2025
Replacement Heifers, Marketing, Water
Episode 380: August 8, 2025
Preweaning Calves, Post Season Bull Management, Crew Preparation
Episode 379: August 1, 2025
VRSP Students, Listeriosis, Co-grazing
Episode 378: July 25, 2025
Corn Diet, Breeding Heifers, Calf Digestion
Episode 377: July 18, 2025
Research Update, Records, Consumer Demand
Episode 376: July 11, 2025
Calving Season, Clostridium Perfringens, Starting Calves
Episode 375: July 4, 2025
Beef-on-Dairy, Free Martin, Spring Pond Death
Episode 374: June 27, 2025
Intake Regulation, VTPRK, Forage Utilization
Episode 373: June 20, 2025
Theileriosis, Redwater, Freezer Beef
Episode 372: June 13, 2025
Research Update, Monitoring Cattle, Screwworm
Episode 371: June 6, 2025
Drones, Tariffs, Rotating Ionophores
Episode 370: May 30, 2025
Tariffs, Clostridial Diseases, Beef Quality Assurance
Episode 369: May 23, 2025
Grazing Strategies, Listener Question: Rash, Research Update
Episode 368: May 16, 2025
Sustainability, Health Metrics, Ranells Ranch
Episode 367: May 9, 2025
Drought, Pour-on, Innovation
Episode 366: May 2, 2025
Research Update, Scorecards, Marketing
Episode 365: April 25, 2025
Input Costs, Pasture Turnout, Supplements
Episode 364: April 18, 2025
Spring Cleaning
Episode 363: April 11, 2025
Facilities, Crossbreeding, Mineral
Episode 362: April 4, 2025
Value in Open Cows, AIP, Crops
Episode 361: March 28, 2025
Research Update, Calving Window, AI and ET
Episode 360: March 21, 2025
Hairy Heel Warts, Bull Composition, Sustainability
Episode 359: March 14, 2025
Listener Questions: Castration, Feeding Heifers, Average Daily Gain
Episode 358: March 7, 2025
Virtual Fencing, Cattle Inventory, Smoke
Episode 357: February 28, 2025
Common Synchronization Issues, Sire Health, First Trimester
Episode 356: February 21, 2025
Heifer Listener Question, Bull Selection, Research Update
Episode 355: February 14, 2025
Yearling Bulls, Mineral Listener Question, Fall Born Calves
Episode 354: February 7, 2025
Dr. Ty Lawrence, Evolution of Carcasses, Diseases in Fed Cattle
Episode 353: January 31, 2025
Research Update, Garden City Partnership, Feeding Program
Episode 352: January 24, 2025
Leptospirosis, Mud, Mineral Program
Episode 351: January 17, 2025
Bovaer, Prepare for Calving, Johne’s Disease
Episode 350: January 10, 2025
IBR, Grazing Crop Stubble, Dose Accuracy
Episode 349: January 3, 2025
BVD, Heifer Synchronization, Feeding Corn
Episode 348: December 27, 2024
Dr. Marshall Stewart, Senior Cows, Starting a Ranch
Episode 347: December 20, 2024
Cover Crops, Changing Needles, Forward Planning
Episode 346: December 13, 2024
New World Screwworm, Water Belly, Cold Weather
Episode 345: December 6, 2024
Judging Teams, Finishing Cattle, Quick Fire Questions
Episode 344: November 29, 2024
Pineapples and Cows, Protein Supplements, Ranch Horses
Episode 343: November 22, 2024
Biosecurity vs Biocontainment, Feeding Cows, FDA on Aspirin
Episode 342: November 15, 2024
Incoming Cattle, Bull Health Problem, Ionophores
Episode 341: November 8, 2024
Producer Records, CalfDex, Beef Dairy Cross
Episode 340: November 1, 2024
Sexed Semen, Meat Question, Twinning
Episode 339: October 25, 2024
Compounding, Net Wrap, Protein Tubs
Episode 338: October 18, 2024
Creep Feeding, Starting Cattle on Finishing Ration, Amount of Vaccines
Episode 337: October 11, 2024
Replacement Heifers, Pain Management, Bull Management
Episode 336: October 4, 2024
Homestead, Protein Supplements, Facilities
Episode 335: September 27, 2024
Laminitis, Coccidiosis, Variety Questions
Episode 334: September 20, 2024
Weighing Cows, Should I Implant, Fall Calvers
Episode 333: September 13, 2024
Fall Calf Sales, Antimicrobial Usage, Euthanasia
Episode 332: September 6, 2024
Photosensitization, Trade, Water Quality
Episode 331: August 30, 2024
Australia Listener Question, Feeder Heifer Question, Beef Industry at a Glance
Episode 330: August 23, 2024
Listener Question, Research Update, Listener Question
Episode 329: August 16, 2024
Listener Question, FFAR ICASA Grant, Listener Question
Episode 328: August 9, 2024
Listener Question, Yogurt Health Claim, Summer Research Update
Episode 327: August 2, 2024
KFMA 2023 Executive Report, Body Condition Scoring, Excess Rain
Episode 326: July 26, 2024
Heat Feeding, Risk Management, Facial Diseases, Cull Criteria
Episode 325: July 19, 2024
Rapid-Fire Questions, Listener Question, Antibiotics
Episode 324: July 12, 2024
HPAI, Future Veterinary Technologies, Rapid-Fire Questions
Episode 323: July 5, 2024
Removing Bulls, Leaky Gut, Ultrasonography
Episode 322: June 28, 2024
Pain Management, Grazing Forages, Sudden Calf Death
Episode 321: June 21, 2024
Pond Basics, Listener Questions, Pond Management
Episode 320: June 14, 2024
Case Fatality Risk, 4-H Calves, PAC CARB
Episode 319: June 7, 2024
EPD Accuracy, Rapid Fire Questions, Breed Associations & EPDs, Spontaneous Genetic Change
Episode 318: May 31, 2024
VTPRK, Economic Questions, Monitoring Cows
Episode 317: May 24, 2024
International Visitors, Summer Grazing, Electronic Nose
Episode 316: May 17, 2024
Impacts of Heat Stress, Managing Young Calves, Limiting the Effects of Heat Stress
Episode 315: May 10, 2024
High Path Avian Influenza, Multiple Bull Pasture, Spring Herd Management
Episode 314: May 3, 2024
Managing Stress in Calves, Twins in Beef Herds, Beef/Dairy Crosses
Episode 313: April 26, 2024
Bull BSE, Economic Questions, Research Roundup: Metaphylaxis
Episode 312: April 19, 2024
Cow Depreciation, Farm Safety, Bull Selection
Episode 311: April 12, 2024
Vertically Coordinated Beef, How to Decrease Cost on my Operation, Usefulness of Annual Vaccinations
Episode 310: April 5, 2024
Embryo Transfer, Economic Questions, Synchronization
Episode 309: March 29, 2024
Should you Keep Females from First Calf Heifers, Offspring Being Open, Research Roundup
Episode 308: March 22, 2024
Tips for AI Success, Heat Detection vs. Timed Breeding, Sexed Semen in Commercial Operations
Episode 307: March 15, 2024
Research Round-Up, Breeding Season Questions, Boosting Heifers Prior to Puberty
Episode 306: March 8, 2024
Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Economic Questions, Average Age of Cow Herd
Episode 305: March 1, 2024
Silage, Picking the Right Bull, Vaccination Programs for Heifers
Episode 304: February 23, 2024
Pre-breeding Heifer Management, Length of Bull Breeding Season, USDA Cattle Inventory Numbers
Episode 303: February 16, 2024
Cattle on Feed Report, Hoof Care, Research Round-Up
Episode 302: February 9, 2024
Post Calving, Cattle on Feed, Calving Season Questions
Episode 301: February 2, 2024
Feeding Times for Calving Cows, Economic Questions, Electrolytes for Scouring Calves
Episode 300: January 26, 2024
Commercial Colostrum Replacement, Getting Ready for Calving, When is the Right Time to Calve
Episode 299: January 19, 2024
Building Your Own Herd, Cross Breeding, BMR Corn Silage
Episode 298: January 12, 2024
BCI Internship, Economic Questions, Dr. Lubbers’ Travels
Episode 297: January 5, 2024
Prepare for your Future, Creep Feeding, Disease Issues
