1016 – Ida’s Impact on the Grain Markets … Estimating Expected Soybean Yields

Ida’s Impact on the Grain Markets Estimating Expected Soybean Yields Agricultural News Kansas Agricultural Weather

00:01:00 – Ida’s Impact on the Grain Markets: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien offers his latest take on the grain market trends:  he comments on how long he thinks the havoc brought on by Hurricane Ida may resonate in the markets, and he looks ahead to the USDA's next world grain supply-and-demand report coming out next week

00:12:00 – Estimating Expected Soybean Yields: K-State crop production specialist Ignacio Ciampitti goes over a simplified method of estimating the expected yields from a given soybean field...it allows growers to arrive at a reasonably accurate yield estimate by sampling a manageable number of plants within the field and then conducting an easy calculation

00:23:00 – Agricultural News: Eric Atkinson has a look at today's agricultural news headlines, plus this week’s Wheat Scoop

00:31:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

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