Jan 28, 2022
- Grain Market Update: A Surge in Soybean Prices
- Row Crop Fertilization Management Strategies
- Kansas Agricultural Weather
00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien provides his weekly observations on the grain markets: he talks about what's behind the latest surge in soybean prices, and how the "battle for acres" between the corn and soybean markets may already be heating up...and he looks at what the unsettled situation in the Black Sea region means to the corn and wheat markets
00:12:00 – Row Crop Fertilization Management Strategies: K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz passes along some of the management strategies for row crop fertilization that he's discussing with producers at recent K-State crop production workshops around the state...he highlights the idea of striving for maximum economic yields when making nitrogen fertilizer decisions, and outlines the situation where a producer might actually be able to skip phosphorus applications this year
00:23:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond has the latest Kansas agricultural weather outlook
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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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