The October podcast goes to Denver, Colorado, for the Red Angus annual conference where David Cooper interviews Rick Funston and Jordan Shockley. Funston, a reproductive physiologist with University of Nebraska – Lincoln, explains numerous factors toward efficiency in repro rates, heifer selection and reproductive success.

Shockley, an ag economist with University of Kentucky, highlights what’s the spin on carbon credit sell-offs, and how livestock producers should be prepared (and careful) when approached about selling them. And don’t miss the discussion by Paul, Tyrell, David and Carrie about the good, the bad and the ugly of Halloween candy.

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Season 4, Episode 13

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