Feb 25, 2022
- Grain Market Volatility and USDA Projections
- Mechanical or Herbicide Termination of a Cover Crop
- Kansas Agricultural Weather
00:01:00 – Grain Market Volatility and USDA Projections: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien covers the latest developments in the grain markets, including the market volatility created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine this week...and he sizes up the USDA's projection on U.S. crop production and prices in 2022, released at the department's Agricultural Outlook Forum yesterday
00:12:00 – Mechanical or Herbicide Termination of a Cover Crop: K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster talks about planning the termination of a cover crop ahead of spring planting, either mechanically or by way of a herbicide treatment...she goes over the selective and non-selective herbicide alternatives for this purpose, relating to the kind of cover crop to be taken out
00:23:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond reports on Kansas agricultural weather
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