Weekly Grain Market Update … 2019 National Walnut Council Meeting

The weekly grain market update; a preview of the 2019 National Walnut Council Meeting; the latest agricultural news, and this week’s “Kansas Wheat Scoop”; Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Weekly Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O’Brien comments on USDA adjusting its projections of the size of the 2019 corn crop and how that could affect prices and supply and demand numbers.

00:13:00 – 2019 National Walnut Council Meeting:  The 2019 National Walnut Council Meeting, featuring educational field tours and in-door sessions from nationally recognized experts, begins Sunday just north of Topeka. K-State forester Bob Atchison previews the 4-day event.

00:24:30 – Ag News:  The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”

00:33:00 – Kansas Weather:  K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

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