• Farm Service Agency's Fiscal Year
• 2025 Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Lecturer: Sasha Kravchenko
• Adult Cattle with Anemia

00:01:05 – Farm Service Agency's Fiscal Year: Starting today’s show is David Schemm, state executive director for the Kansas Farm Service Agency, as he provides an update on programs and a summary of stats from the 2025 fiscal year at FSA.

Farmers.gov

00:12:05 – 2025 Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Lecturer: Sasha Kravchenko: The 2025 Roscoe Ellis Jr. Lecturer, Sasha Kravchenko, keeps the show moving by discussing her research on soil pores as habitats for microorganisms.

Kravchenko Lab Website

Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Lectureship

00:23 :05 – Adult Cattle with Anemia: Brad White, Todd Gunderson and Bob Larson with the Beef Cattle Institute’s Cattle Chat podcast end the show as they describe how to identify anemia in adult cattle.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

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