1711 - Wheat in Pig Diets...Fire Risks in Ag

Agriculture Today

• Feeding Wheat to Pigs
• Managing Fire Risks in Agriculture
• Work is Paying Off for Dairy

00:01:05 – Feeding Wheat to Pigs: Starting today’s show is K-State Extension swine specialist, Joel DeRouchey, and K-State swine PhD student, Ethan Stas, as they explain their recent research in feeding wheat to pigs.

Fact Sheets: Feeding Wheat and Co-Products

News Release

00:12:05 – Managing Fire Risks in Agriculture: Dennis Carlson, assistant fire management officer with the Kansas Forest Service, keeps the show rolling with reminders about managing fire risks on operations. He discusses a few things to do to mitigate the risks but also what to do if a fire ignites.

Ready, Set, Go

KansasForests.org

Control and Prevention of Hay Fires

Bookstore.KSRE.ksu.edu

00:23:05 – Work is Paying Off for Dairy: To end today’s show, K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk says the milk production trends across the U.S. show that the hard work dairy producers have been putting into their operation is paying off.

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