Continued Strength in the Cash Market Nitrate Concerns from the Persistent Drought Kansas Agricultural Weather

 

00:01:00 – Continued Strength in the Cash Market: K-State grain market economist Dan O’Brien covers the continuous strength in cash markets in the southeastern portion of the state and the effects of ongoing weather concerns

 

00:12:00 – Nitrate Concerns from the Persistent Drought: Sandy Johnson, K-State beef specialist, discusses nitrate concerns as a result of the persistent drought conditions across the state and considerations producers should be mindful of when deciding what to feed their cattle

 

00:23:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond covers which parts of the state received some much-needed rain and its impact on the drought monitor  

 

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