Grain Market Update… Crop Weed Management Update

• The weekly grain market update

• An assortment of timely crop weed management topics

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about the market response to this week's Hard Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas and the surrounding area, and about another week of brisk export business for U.S. corn, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.

00:12:48 – Crop Weed Management Update:  K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster discusses an assortment of timely crop weed management topics:  planning for pre-harvest control of excessive broadleaf weed growth in wheat; contending with the expanding problem of windmill grass in crop fields; and a heads-up for those growing dicamba-resistant soybeans this year on a herbicide tank-mix issue.

00:24:10 – Ag News:  The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”

00:32:28 – Kansas Weather:  K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

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