Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! The show kicks off with Dr. Bob Larson updating listeners on a recent visit taken to rural practices by Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas participants. Dr. Dustin Pendell continues the show by asking the other hosts economic questions about cover crops in cattle production. The episode winds down with Dr. Clay Breiner from Cross Country Genetics and the hosts discussing what to watch during the breeding season from cows in estrus to mineral consumption and bull health.

3:10 Veterinary Training for Rural Kansas program

11:33 Economic questions relating to cover crops

16:36 Checking the cowherd during breeding season

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Find more information about cover crops in livestock production in the Cover Crops on Livestock Operations: Potential for Expansion in the United States report from the USDA.