Mar 25, 2024
- Cattle Market Update
- Smoke Emissions from Prescribed Fire in the Flint Hills
- Commodity Futures Conference
00:01:05 – Cattle Market Update: A cattle market update with Katelyn McCullock, director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, begins today’s show. She discusses current market conditions as well as a part of it that is growing fast this year.
00:12:05 – Smoke Emissions from Prescribed Fire in the
Flint Hills:
Keeping the show rolling is Jayson Prentice with the Kansas Bureau
of Air as he explains a recent study he contributed to that looked
into smoke emissions from prescribed burning in the Flint
Hills.
Measuring Smoke Emissions in The Flint Hills
00:23:05
– Commodity Futures
Conference:
Joe Parcell, director of the Center for Risk Management at K-State,
finishes today’s show with a preview of the upcoming Agricultural
Commodity Futures Conference.
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