Dec 3, 2020
• Various considerations on end-of-year farm financial assessment
• Agricultural news, and the Kansas soybean update
• Dormant seeding of cool-season grass in the winter…
00:01:30 – End-Of-Year Farm Financial Assessment: The executive director of the Kansas Farm Management Association, K-State's Kevin Herbel, offers a host of considerations on end-of-year farm financial assessment: the indicators of financial performance for each farm enterprise that the producer should examine; and the value of knowing one's costs of production in precise terms.
00:12:47 – End-Of-Year Farm Financial Assessment (Part 2): Continued discussion of the various angles of farm financial assessment with K-State's Kevin Herbel; here, he looks at how one's income numbers for the year should figure into tax management decisions; and how it all factors into management planning for 2021.
00:24:09 – Ag News: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines, including this week’s Kansas soybean update.
00:32:12 – Dormant Seeding Your Lawn: K-State horticulturist Ward Upham outlines the steps for dormant seeding of cool-season grass in the winter, to fill in open spots in the lawn.
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