• Can Retirement Accounts be Used for Farming and Ranching?
• Stripe Rust and Other Wheat Diseases
• Cattle Prolapses

00:01:05 – Can Retirement Accounts be Used for Farming and Ranching?: Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, starts off today’s show discussing using an IRA for farmland, using a 401(k) retirement account for startup capital and gifting property that still has debt.

Estate and Transition Planning Potpourri

Roger on AgManager.info

00:12:05 – Stripe Rust and Other Wheat Diseases: Keeping the show rolling is K-State wheat pathologist Kelsey Andersen Onofre as she explains if wheat growers need to be concerned about stripe rust. She also touches on other diseases wheat growers could see.

eUpdate.agronomy.ksu.edu

Wheat Variety Guide

Wheat Stripe Rust

Wheat Disease Identification

00:23:05 – Cattle Prolapses: The Beef Cattle Institute’s Brad White, Bob Larson, Phillip Lancaster, Dustin Pendell and Brian Lubbers end the show as they share thoughts on prolapses in cattle.

BCI Cattle Chat Podcast

Bovine Science with BCI Podcast

Email BCI at bci@ksu.edu

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