Grain Market Update… Farm Program Choices

Agriculture Today

English - January 17, 2020 20:51 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
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• The weekly grain market update

• Choosing a USDA farm program

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien offers his weekly comments on the grain market trends...this week, centering on two topics: the market interpretation of last week's USDA "final" report on 2019 row crop production and winter wheat seedings; and the signing of the U.S.-China phase one trade agreement...whether yesterday's negative futures market reaction was excessive.

00:12:55 – Farm Program Choices: K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid and Rich Llewlyn advise crop producers to start finalizing their decisions on which USDA farm program option they'll enroll in for 2019 and 2020 production, choosing either the Agricultural Risk Coverage or the Price Loss Coverage option...they remind about the helpful information at K-State's agmanager.info web site that producers can benefit from as they decide.

00:24:09 – 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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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.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.