Episodes
Sept. 15, 2023
Research – Heat Impacts, Goals with Pregnancy Checking, How to Best Handle Heat Stress?
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:54 Research: Shade and Limit Feeding – Heat Impacts 11:14 Goals with Pregnancy Checking 16:35 Listener Question: How to Best Handle Heat Stress? Guest: A.J. Tarpoff, K-State Beef Extension Veterinarian For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci....
Sept. 8, 2023
Replacement Heifers, Feeding Soybean Hay, What is Compounding?
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Replacement Heifers 9:19 Listener Question: Feeding Soybean Hay 17:14 What is Compounding? Guest: Scott Fritz, K-State Clinical Assistant Professor of Toxicology For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. I...
Sept. 1, 2023
Listener Question, Economic Questions, Seedstock Producers: What are diseases/challenges?
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 2:22 Listener Question: Starting Calves on Ground Hay or Bales? 10:28 Economic Questions 18:10 Seedstock Producers: What are diseases/challenges? For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comment...
Aug. 25, 2023
Heifer Management, Vaccination Timing for Calves, Hidden Cost of Transportation: Shrink
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Heifer Management 10:10 Vaccination Timing for Calves 16:00 Hidden Cost of Transportation: Shrink For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them t...
Aug. 18, 2023
AVC Conference Summary, Treatment Strategies for Sick Cattle on Summer Pastures, Role of a Composite Sire in a Commercial Breeding Program
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 AVC Conference Summary, 10:00 Role of a Composite Sire in a Commercial Breeding Program 17:00 Composite bulls For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please...
Aug. 11, 2023
BVD Herd Prevalence, Beef Consumption in North America, Late Summer Fly Management
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 BVD Herd Prevalence 10:00 Beef Consumption in North America 17:00 Late Summer Fly Management For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them to bci...
Aug. 4, 2023
Cattle Inventory and Selling Strategies,Grazing Management for Fall,Selecting a Weaning Date
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Cattle Inventory and Selling Strategies 10:00 Fall Planting for Grazing 17:00 Selecting a Weaning Date For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send t...
July 28, 2023
Listener Question: Product Disposable,What To Do With a Deceased Animal,Intensive Grazing and Impact on Sustainability
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Listener Question: Product Disposable 8:50 What To Do With a Deceased Animal 17:23 Intensive Grazing and Impact on Sustainability For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions...
July 20, 2023
Listener Question: EPD Overview, European Market Knowledge, Managing Breeding Pastures for Optimum Genetics
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Listener Question: EPD Overview 10:00 European Market Knowledge 15:00 Managing Breeding Pastures for Optimum Genetics Guest: Dr. Megan Rolf, K-State Beef Cattle Geneticist For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksu...
July 14, 2023
Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health- Americas, Bovine Leukemia Virus and Fertility, Listener Question: Grazing Costs
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00: Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health- Americas 10:00: Bovine Leukemia Virus and Fertility 17:00: Listener Question: Grazing Costs For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have an...
July 7, 2023
Pinkeye, Low Stress Cattle Handling, Listener Question: Heat Stress
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Pinkeye 10:00 Low Stress Cattle Handling 17:00 Listener Question: Heat Stress For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them to bci@ksu.edu. You c...
June 29, 2023
Preparations for the Fair, Heat Stress, Research Round Up
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Cattle Preparations for the Fair 8:30 Heat Stress 17:00 Research Round Up Guest Eduarda Bortoluzzi For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them...
June 22, 2023
Introducing Agriculture Today Host Shelby Varner, Tips for Managing Products in the Summer, Beef Cattle Welfare Research Review with Dr. Eduarda Bortoluzzi
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Introducing Agriculture Today Host Shelby Varner 8:45 Tips for Managing Products in the Summer 17:00 Beef Cattle Welfare Research Review with Dr. Eduarda Bortoluzzi For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org....
June 16, 2023
Water Issues When Ponds Are Low, Hay Cutting and Storage, Guidance 263 and the Beef Producer
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Water Issues When Ponds Are Low 10:00 Hay Cutting and Storage 17:00 Guidance 263 and the Beef Producer For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send t...
June 9, 2023
Hair Shedding, 5 Year Anniversary Questions, Factors Influencing Twin Births
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Listener Question-Hair Shedding 10:00 Dustins Questions 17:00 Listener Question: Factors Influencing Twin Births Guest: Bob Weber, Specialist in Beef Breeding and Genetics For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksu...
June 2, 2023
Processing Babies, Listener Question, Gut Health: not just the rumen
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 3:00 Processing Babies, labor and facility 11:00 Listener Question 17:30 Gut Health: not just the rumen For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them ...
May 26, 2023
Lameness, Factors Impacting Birth Weight, Research Round-Up
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 2:41 Lameness is it all foot rot? 10:58 Factors impacting birth weight 17:09 Research Round-Up Guest: Rachel Brown Master and Vet Student For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/quest...
May 19, 2023
Male Fertility, Value Proposition Of Reproduction Technology And Genomic Selection
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 2:54 Male Fertility 11:32 Value Proposition Of Reproduction Technology 17:30 Genomic Selection Guest: Dr. Clay Briener, Veterinary for Cross Country Genetics For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you hav...
May 12, 2023
Grass Tetany, Hidden Operational Costs, Listener Question
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 2:43 Grass Tetany 11:29 Hidden Operational Costs 17:06 Listener Question: Calf is Not Doing Well For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them to bci@...
May 5, 2023
Listener Question, NIAA, Economic Questions, Electric Fencing
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.1:32 – -Listener Question – Daylight and Breeding for Cows Reference Article 6:11 National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Update 10:39 Economic Questions 17:01 Electric Fencing for Grazing For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check ou...
April 28, 2023
Processing Calves, Implanting Bulls, Pre-Pasture Turnout Checklist
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.3:08 Processing Calves at Turnout 11:26 Listener Question: Implanting Bulls 16:20 Pre-pasture Turnout Checklist Beef Quality Assurance Guest: Julia Herman, Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinary For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our we...
April 21, 2023
Feeding Cows, Dairy Beef, Front End Loading
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.2:28 Feeding Cows Too Much or Not Enough 10:28 Dairy Beef Changes/Expansion 16:40 Potential Solutions to Front End Loading For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, ...
April 14, 2023
IVF/Reproduction, Breeding Questions, Fertility in Herds
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.3:04 IVF/Reproduction 10:05 Breeding Questions 16:57 What Have You Learned About Fertility in Herds Guest: Dr. Clay Briener, Veterinary for Cross Country Genetics For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on Twitter at @The_BCI, Facebook, and Instagram at @ksubci. Check out our website, ksubci.org. If you ...
April 7, 2023
Beef Advocacy, Defining Sustainability, Beef Checkoff Research
Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! Please click on any links below to be taken to sources mentioned in the podcast. Keep an eye out for news regarding the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.4:21 How to be a Beef Advocate? 11:28 Sustainability is it Important to Me? 17:35 Checkoff-funded Beef Nutrition ResearchKansas Beef Council Research Guests: Abby Heidari, Director of Nutrition at Kansas Beef Council Grace Jacobson, Communications Coordinator at Kansas Beef Council For more on BCI Cattle...