Aug 23, 2019
- Grain market update from the Risk and Profit Conference
- Risk and Profit Conference keynote speaker Sara Wyant from AgriPulse Communications on trade & policy
- Agricultural news at the Wheat Scoop
- A look at Kansas weather
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about ramping up grain price risk management as the markets continue to grapple with production and demand uncertainty, and he comments on more good news on the wheat export front ... those are among the topics he's addressing in his presentation this morning at the K-State Risk and Profit Conference.
00:12:57 – Ag Trade and Policy from Keynote Speaker : The keynote speaker at the Risk and Profit Conference yesterday: the president of Agri-Pulse Communications, Sara Wyant, shares her latest take on agricultural trade and policy issues, based on her information sources in Washington D.C. ... she comments specifically on the China trade situation and the outlook for farm program policy following the 2020 election.
00:24:15 – Ag News: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines.
00:32:34 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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