Aug 7, 2020
• The weekly grain market update
• Estimating corn yields at this point of crop development
• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”
• Kansas agricultural weather…
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien goes over the list of leading customers for U.S. grains currently, saying that those deserve to be monitored carefully as grain prices remain bogged down...he also looks ahead to next week's grain supply and demand report from the USDA.
00:12:45 – Estimating Corn Yields: K-State crop production specialist Ignacio Ciampitti walks through a simple means of estimating corn yields at this point of crop development...he tells how to take ear and kernel counts to come up with a yield projection for a given field.
00:24:10 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:27 – 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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