Mar 16, 2018
On today’s episode: Market trends; insect activity in wheat; Kansas ag weather
Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.
00:01:29 – MARKET TRENDS: K-State grain market economist Dan
O'Brien passes along his latest price probability projection for
corn, based on the USDA's latest supply-and-demand numbers, and he
looks at what K-State's enterprise analysis says about the
profitability of grain sorghum production in Kansas, during his
weekly segment on the grain market trends.
00:13:01 – INSECT ACTIVITY IN WHEAT: K-State crop entomologist Jeff
Whitworth talks about insect activity currently in wheat, and
whether a grower should consider controlling it … he also tells
alfalfa growers about a useful new tool on K-State's weather data
website which can help in scouting stands for alfalfa weevils.
00:23:32 – KANSAS AG WEATHER: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp
reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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