Grain Market Update Capping 40 Years as a Climatologist Kansas Agricultural Weather

 

00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien discusses the price trends in the wake of last week's USDA grain supply-and-demand report, noting the effect of grain movement disruptions caused by hurricane Ida as well...and he talks about why he still believes that row-crop producers will have favorable post-harvest selling opportunities, during his weekly segment on the grain price trends

 

00:12:00 – 40 Years as a Climatologist: An extended conversation with K-State climatologist Mary Knapp, with her retirement today capping off her 40-year career at K-State. She reflects on how far the resources of the Weather Data Library have come during that time span, and some of the exciting things ahead in weather information-gathering capabilities

 

00:31:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: For the final time, K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather

 

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