Sep 4, 2020
NOTE: Kansas State University will be closed on Monday, September 7th, for Labor Day...therefore, there will be no Agriculture Today broadcast that day. We'll resume our normal broadcast schedule on Tuesday, September 8th.
• The weekly grain market update
• Timing the final irrigation for row crops
• 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 ahead to the USDA's pivotal crop production report to be released a week from today, and he offers his latest corn and grain sorghum price projections, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.
00:12:49 – Final Irrigation for Row Crops: K-State crop production specialist Lucas Haag talks about the factors that should determine when the final irrigation is applied to row crops for the season...he cites years of K-State field observations that have resulted in a calendar range, by crop, for that last irrigation to go on, to achieve the best water use efficiency while maintaining crop productivity.
00:24:11 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:29 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.
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.
K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.