Sep 27, 2019
- Grain prices and the new U.S.-Japan trade deal
- Herbicide options for broadleaf crop weeds in the fall
- Kansas weather
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien comments on the impact of the new U.S.-Japan trade deal on the grain trades, with particular respect to wheat, and he talks about this coming Monday's USDA grain stocks report, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends
00:12:54 – Controlling Fall Crop Weeds: K-State weed management specialist Dallas Peterson goes over the herbicide options for controlling two notorious broadleaf crop weeds here in the fall: field bindweed and bur ragweed...he explains why a fall treatment is generally the most effective approach, emphasizing why timing is critical
00:24:20 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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