Jan 21, 2022
00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O’Brien discusses this week’s market activity and some of the potential “drivers” for the 2022 corn market…something he’s been covering as part of the K-State Agricultural Economics’ Winning the Game Grain Marketing Workshops
00:12:00 – Livestock Waste as an Alternate Crop Nutrient Source: K-State environmental quality agronomist Peter Tomlinson talks more about employing livestock waste as an alternate crop nutrient source, in light of astronomically high commercial fertilizer costs: this time, he cites K-State research on the variability in nutrient content among the various types of livestock manure, and within a given lot from manure from a livestock source...he encourages producers to sample the product for analysis, as that information is important in making the most of this nutrient option
00:23:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond has the latest Kansas agricultural weather outlook
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