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A selection of fully produced segments are made available weekly on the "For Radio Stations" page at the K-State Research and Extension news page.

Captioned episodes are available on our Agriculture Today YouTube page.

Nov 11, 2020

• Developing profitability maps for crop ground

• An agricultural law update

• Agricultural news

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Profitability Maps for Crop Ground:  K-State precision agricultural economist Terry Griffin talks about developing profitability maps for crop ground...coupling yield monitor and site-specific crop input data with crop price information to precisely identify the areas of the field which are generating profits, and which aren't...he says more producers are finding this to be a beneficial practice.

00:12:49 – Agricultural Law Update:  Agricultural law professor Roger McEowen of the Washburn University School of Law reports on several recent court rulings relevant to agricultural producers, including a northeast Kansas farm bankruptcy case where the farm couple was attempting to divest of farmland at a price that was lower than their creditors were willing to accept.

00:24:11 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:28 – "Stop, Look and Listen":  K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.

 

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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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