Jun 29, 2018
On today’s episode: the weekly grain market update; the annual Summer Soybean Science Institute at K-State; the latest on the Kansas wheat harvest; K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural 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.
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about what would have to show up in this morning's USDA grain supply-and-demand and crop acreage reports that would provide a positive spark to the otherwise bearish grain markets currently, during his weekly segment on the grain price trends.
00:13:01 – Summer Soybean Science Institute: K-State crop entomologist Brian McCornack talks about the mission of the annual Summer Soybean Science Institute at K-State, which is concluding today: science teachers from schools all around Kansas come in for three weeks of in-service training on all aspects of soybean production...information that they will then take back and incorporate into their classroom science teaching.
00:24:31 – Kansas Wheat Harvest Update: Today's Kansas wheat harvest update features crop production agent Sandra Wick of the Post Rock Extension District in north-central Kansas, covering Smith, Jewell, Osborne, Mitchell and Lincoln counties.
00:33:02 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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