environment

Iowa State Associate Professor of Animal Science, Dr. Lance Baumgard, looks at heat stress issues in changing weather conditions and offers some solutions for your operation.

BeefCast 0503 Show Notes:

• From the Leman Swine Conference, Dr. Jon Foley, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota presents current concerns and long-term prospects in addressing the growth of the world's population and the demands we are placing on the environment.
• Link to the full video presentation courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

How can we put the brakes on the recent cattle markets price slide? Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska Livestock Economist, helps us out.

Also, it may be difficult to tell if the climate change debate is heating up or cooling down. Regardless, the climate change issue is very important to animal agriculture when we consider the potential impact of pending legislation and EPA regulations. So today I want to share with you a three part series focused on this critical issue. We draw upon the decades of experience of climate scientist Jay Lehr of The Heartland Institute.

BeefCast 0436 Show Notes:

• If you have been confused by reports of the impact of potential climate change legislation, you are not alone.  So Bill Golden, Agricultural Economist at Kansas State University, assembled a team to looking into simplifying the many various reports.

BeefCast 0421 Show Notes:

• Rick Krause, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Director of Congressional Relations, updates us on the current discussions on the hill on climate change and the potential impact for you and I in the the cattle business.