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A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Oct 28, 2024

  • Cutout Value Price Factors
  • Fall 2025 Net Farm Income
  • Prairie Dog Control Options

 

00:01:05 – Cutout Value Price Factors: Universty of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist Elliott Dennis discusses cutou value price factors, trends in slaughter weight and beef slaughter cows.

https://agecon.unl.edu/faculty/elliott-dennis

 

00:12:05 – Fall 2025 Net Farm Income: K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, Jenny Ifft, continues today's show with a look at fall 2025 net farm income. She explains what's impacting it and how it compaes to previous years.

https://www.agmanager.info/contributors/ifft

 

00:23:05 – Control Options for Prairie Dogs: K-State wildlife specialist, Drew Ricketts, wraps up today's show with a discussion on prairie dogs...descibing and comparing various control options.

https://www.wildlife.k-state.edu/species/prairie-dogs/

 

 

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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 Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

 

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan