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Aug 23, 2024

  • Anticipation in the Grain Market
  • Irrigation Technology Adoption
  • Drought Degradation and Improvement

 

00:01:05 – Anticipation in the Grain Market: Dan O’Brien, K-State grain economist, gets today’s show rolling with a grain market outlook. Dan mentions reports that will be coming out soon and how he sees old crop sales. 

Dan O'Brien on AgManager.info

 

00:12:05 – Irrigation Technology Adoption: Continuing the show is Micah Cameron-Harp, K-State post-doctoral fellow in agricultural economics, discussing research that evaluated how technology adoption for irrigation impacted water use in the past 20 years.

mcameronharp.com

mcameronharp@ksu.edu

Efficiency and Water Use: Dynamic Effects of Irrigation Technology Adoption

 

00:23:05 – Drought Degradation and Improvement: K-State meteorologist, Chip Redmond, ends the show as he talks about the range in temperatures Kansas has seen and also forecasts what September could bring. 

 

 

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