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Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

May 9, 2022

  • Year-to-Date Beef Export and Import Data Looks Good for U.S. Beef
  • A Growth in Non-Traditional Agricultural Financing Sources
  • Ways to Remove Algae Growth in Farm Ponds

 

00:01:00 – Year-to-Date Beef Export and Import Looks Good for U.S. Beef: Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University comments on the cattle market trends: in addition to recapping last week's trade, he thumbs through the latest year-to-date beef export and import data from the USDA, which again indicates that U.S. beef is in a very good position in international trade right now

 

00:12:00 – A Growth in Non-Traditional Agricultural Financing Sources: The first of three features this week on non-traditional agricultural financing, and its rising prominence in the agricultural lending field...K-State risk management specialist Jenny Ifft and Purdue University agricultural economist Brady Brewer talk about the various sources of non-traditional financing and the degree to which they're claiming a greater share of the agriculture credit market

 

00:23:00 – Ways to Remove Algae Growth in Farm Ponds: On this week's wildlife management segment, K-State fisheries and aquatics specialist Joe Gerken follows up on the subject of farm pond algae control, this time covering ways of removing that algae growth

 

 

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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.

 

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