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Episode Synopsis
Intro for show
Hello everybody! And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Kevin Laurent, UK Extension Specialist, Dept. of Animal and Food Science. Our weekly topic will be West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale and this week’s Ag issue, heifer selection tips for the cow herd. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!
Podcast Outline
Welcome to the show!
This week your hosts sit down with Kevin Laurent, Extension Specialist, to discuss the West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale. Kevin will also weigh in on this week’s Ag Issue and give his tips and suggestions on how producers can use selection tools to improve the quality of replacements chosen for their cow herd.
Kevin’s topic: West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale
This week’s Ag Issue- replacement selection tips for the cow herd.
Timely Tip-Always do your homework before attending heifer or bull sales and use EPD’s, live animal evaluation and temperament evaluation as tools to select your replacements for your cow herd.
Exit for Show
Thanks’ to this week’s guest, Kevin Laurent, and our hosts for the information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember
Kentucky Ag Matters!!!
Hello everybody! And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Kevin Laurent, UK Extension Specialist, Dept. of Animal and Food Science. Our weekly topic will be West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale and this week’s Ag issue, heifer selection tips for the cow herd. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!
Podcast Outline
Welcome to the show!
This week your hosts sit down with Kevin Laurent, Extension Specialist, to discuss the West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale. Kevin will also weigh in on this week’s Ag Issue and give his tips and suggestions on how producers can use selection tools to improve the quality of replacements chosen for their cow herd.
Kevin’s topic: West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale
This week’s Ag Issue- replacement selection tips for the cow herd.
Timely Tip-Always do your homework before attending heifer or bull sales and use EPD’s, live animal evaluation and temperament evaluation as tools to select your replacements for your cow herd.
Exit for Show
Thanks’ to this week’s guest, Kevin Laurent, and our hosts for the information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember
Kentucky Ag Matters!!!
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