Apr 16, 2021
• The weekly grain market update
• Herbicide availability to farmers this spring and summer
• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”
• Kansas agricultural weather…
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien remarks on an extremely strong week for corn and grain sorghum exports, and on the prospects of that bolstering recently-falling grain sorghum basis bids at local Kansas elevators, as part of his weekly segment on the grain price trends.
00:12:43 – Herbicide Availability: K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster discusses concerns about herbicide availability to farmers this spring and summer: what's at the root of that, and what adjustments or alternate weed control plans producers might be thinking about right now, in anticipation of possible local herbicide shortages.
00:24:05 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:10 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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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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