Jan 25, 2019
On today’s episode: What farmers are thinking about 2019 corn and soybean acreage this year, plus other market trends; late-breaking information about 199A tax deductions on grain sales; ag headlines; and our weekly look at Kansas ag weather.
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00:01:30 – GRAIN MARKET UPDATE: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about the prevailing thinking on 2019 corn and soybean acreage in the U.S., and about a possible pullback on Russian wheat exports and what that could mean for the wheat market, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.
00:12:52 – TAX UPDATE FOR GRAIN FARMERS: The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, Brian Briggeman, and the associate director of the Kansas Farm Management Association at K-State, Mark Dikeman, talk about a late-breaking development that grain farmers and cooperatives should know about...it could have a one-time impact on a farmer's ability to claim a section 199A tax deduction on grain sales.
00:24:18 – AG NEWS: Eric Atkinson covers the day's agricultural news headlines.
00:32:40 KANSAS WEATHER: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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