Apr 26, 2019
On today’s episode: Economist Dan O’Brien provides a grain market update focusing on corn planting numbers; Economist Mykel Taylor discusses her work on basis convergence in the grain markets and how that affects forward-contracting grain sales; ag news; Meteorologist Mary Knapp looks ahead to the next week in weather across the state.
00:01:29 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien comments on the latest USDA corn planting progress numbers and how the corn market is interpreting those, and he remarks on what has been a good week for grain sorghum exports, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.
00:12:44 – Basis Convergence in Grain Prices: K-State agricultural economist Mykel Taylor talks about how the lack of basis convergence in the grain markets can hamper a producer's ability to successfully forward-contract grain sales...she reported her research findings on this impact to the attendees at the 2019 Agriculture Commodity Futures Conference co-sponsored by Kansas State University earlier this month.
00:24:06 – Ag News: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines.
00:32:22 – Kansas Ag Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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