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Mar 23, 2022

  • Russia/Ukraine Situation Adds Fuel to the Inflationary Trend in the U.S.
  • The Impact the Russian War on Ukraine is Having on the U.S. Agricultural Economy
  • Stop, Look and Listen

 

00:01:00 – Russia/Ukraine Situation Adds Fuel to the Inflationary Trend in the U.S.: The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, agricultural economist Brian Briggeman, offers in-depth perspectives on the macroeconomic impact of the Russian war on Ukraine and the ensuing effect on the agricultural economy...he spoke this as part of K-State's recent webinar series on the economic fallout from the Russia/Ukraine situation:  he talks about how the conflict has added fuel to the inflationary trend in the U.S. economy

 

00:12:00 – The Impact the Russian War is Having on Ukraine on the U.S. Agricultural Economy: K-State agricultural economist Brian Briggeman continues his look at the Russian war on Ukraine and the ensuing effect on the agricultural economy...he discusses how the Federal Reserve has responded with a scheduled series of modest hikes in interest rates...and offers thoughts on what agricultural producers can do to weather the economic uncertainty

 

00:23:00 – Stop, Look and Listen: K-State's Gus van Der Hoeven provides his commentary on life in rural Kansas

 

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