Jan 24, 2020
• The weekly grain market update
• New developments in agricultural technology
• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”
• Kansas agricultural weather…
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien looks at all the speculation over potential soybean sales to China in the wake of the newly-signed trade deal, as he discussed at K-State's recent Soybean Production Schools...he also talks about the early thinking in the grain trades about acreage to be planted to corn and soybeans this spring.
00:12:50 – Agricultural Technology Frontiers: K-State crop production specialist Lucas Haag reviews some of the exciting new developments in the agricultural technology arena, as were highlighted at the 2020 Kansas Agricultural Technologies Conference co-sponsored by K-State last week: among other things, he talks about employing artificial intelligence in farming operations and about implementing protein sensors on combines for sorting wheat by protein levels at harvest.
00:24:05 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:23 – 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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