Agriculture Today
1,406 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAgriculture Today is a daily program hosted by Shelby Varner and distributed to radio stations throughout the state. It features K-State agricultural specialists and other experts examining agricultural issues facing Kansas and the nation. Kansas State University has produced daily, ag-related broadcasts since KSAC radio first went on the air in 1924.
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1008—Pre-plant Wheat Herbicide Recommendations…Wheat Pest Resistance Ratings
August 24, 2021 14:24 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBWheat Weed Control Wheat Disease Ratings CRP Sign-up Results Prairie Chicken Listing 00:01:10—Wheat Weed Control--K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster goes over the herbicide choices for pre-plant weed control in advance of fall wheat planting, encouraging producers to employ a pre-plant program...and she offers added thoughts on contending with a specific and highly troublesome weed problem for wheat growers, field bindweed 00:12:09—Wheat Disease Ratings--K-...
1007 – Run-Up in Boxed Beef Prices … Extending the Grazing Season
August 23, 2021 15:01 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBRun-Up in Boxed Beef Prices Extending the Grazing Season Previewing an Upcoming Field Day Documenting 4-H Experiences 00:01:00 – Run-Up in Boxed Beef Prices: Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University provides this week's commentary on the cattle markets: he breaks down the USDA's monthly cattle-on-feed report, and discusses the seemingly relentless run-up in boxed beef prices 00:12:00 – Extending the Grazing Season: From the Beef Cattle Institute a...
1006 – Grain Market Update … Outlook for the Ag Economy
August 20, 2021 16:13 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Outlook for the Ag Economy Agricultural News Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: From the 2021, K-State Risk and Profit Conference, grain market economist Dan O'Brien shares some of the discussions he's been having with producers about the latest developments in the grain markets...and the marketing strategies they might want to adopt for wheat still in storage and row crops as harvest time nears 00:12:00 – Outlook for the Ag Eco...
1005—New Wheat Production Information…Late-summer Crop Insect Siege
August 19, 2021 16:07 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBIntensive Wheat Management Crop Worm Invasion Agricultural News Headlines Landscape Insect Control 00:01:10--Intensive Wheat Management--K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato talks about a new program, Wheat Rx...a collaboration with the Kansas Wheat Commission to provide wheat growers the very latest research recommendations for producing high-yielding and high-quality wheat through intensive management practices...it features a series of new Extension publications...
1004 – Cover Crops and Water Quality … Implications of “Proposition 12”
August 18, 2021 16:29 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBCover Crops and Water Quality Implications of “Proposition 12” Agricultural News Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Cover Crops and Water Quality: K-State nutrient management agronomist Nathan Nelson and graduate researcher Elliott Carver discuss their multi-year look at how winter cover crops, coupled with phosphorus fertilizer management, impact surface water quality...they evaluated how cover crops contribute to retaining phosphorus on the field, and the difference made by the ...
1003—Grain Export Prospects…Canola Variety Test Report
August 17, 2021 16:54 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBInternational Grain Status Impressive Canola Yields Agricultural News Headlines Drone Deer Counts 00:01:10--International Grain Status--The senior economist with the IGP Institute at K-State, Guy Allen, offers his monthly outlook on U.S. grain exports, based on the USDA's latest world grain supply-and-demand report released last Thursday...he comments on the reported tightness in global wheat supplies, and offers his latest thoughts on building grain sales to China back up ...
1002 – Rise in Boxed Beef Prices … Managing Hay Fields
August 16, 2021 15:16 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBRise in Boxed Beef Prices Managing Hay Fields Ranch Management Field Days Kansas 4-H Events for Volunteers 00:01:00 – Rise in Boxed Beef Prices: The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, discusses the remarkable rise in boxed beef prices, while fed cattle prices remain relatively even...and she compares the LMIC's latest price outlook to the USDA forecast in its latest WASDE report last week 00:12:00 – Managing Hay Fields: K-State agron...
1001 – Grain Supply-and-Demand Report … Wheat Variety Test Results
August 13, 2021 14:32 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Supply and Demand Report Wheat Variety Test Results Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien recaps yesterday's USDA grain supply-and-demand report, which included the updated estimates on U.S. row crop production...he talks about the short-term market response to those numbers, coupled with the outlook for a dry fall and its market implications 00:12:00 – Wheat Variety Test Results: K-State agronomist Jane ...
1000—Summer Forage Performance…Sorghum Sugarcane Aphid Control
August 12, 2021 16:11 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBForage Trial Report Bugs in Grain Sorghum Agricultural News Headlines Friendly Horticulture Insects 00:01:07--Forage Trial Report--K-State cropping systems agronomist John Holman announces that K-State's latest summer annual forage hay and silage variety trial report is now available to growers...he talks about the forage and silage traits that were measured at the trial sites, and how that data can best benefit producers in their variety selections 00:12:09--Bugs in Grain...
999 – Shielding the Industry from African Swine Fever … Stop, Look and Listen
August 11, 2021 16:23 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBShielding the Industry from African Swine Fever Agricultural News Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Shielding the Industry from African Swine Fever: K-State livestock feed scientist Cassie Jones provides an update on the African Swine Fever situation in the Dominican Republic, which has galvanized the attention of the U.S. pork industry...she reminds about the magnitude of this threat to hog production, and reports on what actions are in motion now to keep this disease from enterin...
998 – Cover Crop Research … The Latest FSA Coffee Talk
August 10, 2021 18:00 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBCover Crop Research The Latest FSA Coffee Talk Agricultural News Aerating Farm Ponds 00:01:00 – Cover Crop Research: K-State soil scientist Augustine Obour reports on his latest cover crop field research...he's been evaluating an array of cool-season cover crops for their forage productivity and soil health impacts in a fallow cropping system...and he's discovered a number of positives associated with those cover crops 00:12:00 – The Latest FSA Coffee Talk: Agricultural progra...
998—Cover Crop Benefits…USDA Farm Payments
August 10, 2021 16:05 - 38 minutes - 54.1 MBCover Crop Performance USDA Program Notes Agricultural News Headlines Farm Pond Aeration Options 00:01:07--Cover Crop Performance--K-State soil scientist Augustine Obour reports on his latest cover crop field research...he's been evaluating an array of cool-season cover crops for their forage productivity and soil health impacts in a fallow cropping system...and he's discovered a number of positives associated with those cover crops 00:12:09--USDA Program Notes--On the lat...
997 – Livestock Market Update … Growing Season Burning
August 09, 2021 16:52 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBLivestock Market Update Growing Season Burning Agricultural News Kansas 4-H Update 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: -State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor is featured on this week's cattle market segment: in addition to his review of last week's price trends, he provides an update from his Meat Demand Monitor survey of beef consumption across the country, saying that the beef industry needs to watch out-of-home dining trends very carefully in the weeks ahead 00:12:00 – Gr...
996 – Grain Market Update … Kansas Agricultural Weather
August 06, 2021 14:56 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Agricultural News Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O’Brien recaps the current market trends and prices and looks at what factors could come into play when the WASDE report comes out on the 12th. 00:23:00 – Agricultural News: Jeff Wichman covers the day’s agricultural news headlines, including this week’s Wheat Scoop 00:31:00 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp ...
995 – U.S. Safeguards Against African Swine Fever … Essential Oils and Spices Cattle Research
August 05, 2021 13:42 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBS. Safeguards Against African Swine Fever Essential Oils and Spices Cattle Research Agricultural News Tips for Dividing Iris 00:01:00 – U.S. Safeguards Against African Swine Fever: African swine fever has been confirmed in the Dominican Republic. The disease has not entered the U.S. and Jorden Gebhardt, an assistant professor in the K-State Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, says that’s because the U.S. has a number of safeguards in place 00:12:00 – Essential ...
994 – USDA Grant to Help Small Beef Producers … Agricultural Law Update
August 04, 2021 14:04 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBUSDA Grant to Help Small Beef Producers Agricultural Law Update Agricultural News Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – USDA Grant to Help Small Beef Producers: The USDA has awarded a research team at Kansas State University 500-thousand dollars to develop resources that will help small and medium-sized business-to-consumer beef producers maximize their profitability and improve communication with consumers. The director of the grant, Junehee Kwon, professor of hospitality management...
993 – Pre-Weaning Strategies … New Research 0n Bats and Corn
August 03, 2021 14:14 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBPre-Weaning Strategies Agricultural News New Research on Bats and Corn 00:01:00 – Pre-Weaning Strategies: From the latest BCI Cattle Chat podcast: an extended look at pre-weaning strategies to minimize stress and maximize profits. To minimize the stress felt by calves, the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute discuss several management strategies for producers to implement, including low-stress weaning, proper nutrition and the timing of vaccinations. 0...
992 – Livestock Market Update … Reducing Hay Wastage
August 02, 2021 14:12 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBLivestock Market Update Reducing Hay Wastage Agricultural News Kansas 4-H Update 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University discusses the USDA's latest report on farm production expenditures as they relate to on-farm cattle production, and offers his latest perspectives on U.S. beef exports, which he says are in a good place right now 00:12:00 – Reducing Hay Wastage: K-State beef cattle specialist Dale Blasi covers the impor...
991 – Grain Market Update … Effects of High Nighttime Temps on Corn Productivity
July 30, 2021 16:21 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Effects of High Nighttime Temps on Corn Productivity Agricultural News Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien discusses this week's grain market reactions to ongoing weather challenges for crop production here in the U.S. and abroad, and he tells about his new local grain price basis maps for Kansas and the surrounding area now available for producers to reference 00:12:00 – Effects of High...
990—Dryland Farm Rental Rates…Late-Summer Cattle Fly Control
July 29, 2021 16:26 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBFarmland Lease Rates Estimates Pasture Cattle Fly Control Agricultural News Headlines Starting in Organic Gardening 00:01:09--Cropland Lease Rates--K-State farm management economist Gregg Ibendahl talks about his new estimates of non-irrigated farmland lease rates for each county in Kansas...he drew upon several informational sources, including Kansas Farm Management Association data, to come up with average rental rates for dryland crop ground, which he says is very useful info...
989 – Testing Saved-Back Seed … Irrigated Farm Lease Arrangements Survey
July 28, 2021 16:20 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBTesting Saved-Back Seed Irrigated Farm Lease Arrangements Survey Agricultural News Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Testing Saved-Back Seed: In the wake of the head blight problems that turned up in numerous fields this year, the seed laboratory manager for the Kansas Crop Improvement Association, Eric Fabrizius, advises wheat producers on having their saved-back seed from this year's harvest tested for germination before planting this fall. He also talks about certified see...
988—Farm Employee Compensation Trends…USDA Guaranteed Loan Program
July 27, 2021 14:41 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBFarm Employee Management USDA Guaranteed Loans Pheasant Nesting Habitat 00:01:10--Farm Employee Management (part 1)--The executive director of the Kansas Farm Management Association at K-State, Kevin Herbel, reviews the results of a new survey conducted by the KFMA of farm employee management practices in Kansas: the trends in wages, benefits and total compensation provided to farmhands, related to the experiences and skill sets of individual employees 00:12:11--Farm Employ...
987 – Livestock Market Update … Administering Treatment to Cattle on Summer Pasture
July 26, 2021 15:59 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBLivestock Market Update Administering Treatment to Cattle on Summer Pasture Agricultural News Kansas 4-H Update 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University analyzes the market signals from last Friday's USDA cattle-on-feed and cattle inventory reports. He also discusses the trends in cattle trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada over the past five years, and how U.S. beef interests have come out in that exchange 00:12:0...
986 – Grain Market Update … Volunteer Corn in Soybean Stands
July 23, 2021 16:55 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Volunteer Corn in Soybean Stands Agricultural News Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien covers the latest grain market developments, and he refers to a new index that the CME maintains that tracks the level of price volatility in the wheat, corn and soybean markets, and compares that to historical trends...he also offers his latest thoughts on the markets' responses to weather developments ...
985—Putting up Beef Cattle Silage…Contending with Landscape and Garden Diseases
July 22, 2021 16:17 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBCattle Silage Production Salvaging Corn as Silage Agricultural News Mid-summer Horticulture Diseases 00:01:10--Cattle Silage Production (part 1)--K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk and K-State beef systems specialist Jaymelynn Farney discuss preparing for, and managing, silage harvest for beef cattle feeding in the coming weeks...in the first segment, they look at options for putting up silage and what needs to be considered as far as storage alternatives 00:12:08--Cattle...
984 – “Right-to-Repair” Initiative … Agricultural Law Update
July 21, 2021 16:18 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MB“Right-to-Repair” Initiative Agricultural Law Update Agricultural News Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – “Right-to-Repair” Initiative: K-State precision agriculture economist Terry Griffin discusses the ongoing issue of high-tech farm machinery repair, and farmer access to on-board machinery diagnostic information...this has been wrapped into a new administrative "right-to-repair" initiative, which he says has several perspectives to consider 00:11:59 – Agricultural Law...
983—Pigweeds in Sorghum…Knocking Out Wheat Curl Mites
July 20, 2021 17:29 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBSorghum Weed Management Wheat Mite Control Agricultural News Knowing Beaver Ecology 00:01:10--Sorghum Weed Management--K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster goes over the best herbicide options for controlling rapidly-advancing Palmer amaranth infestations in grain sorghum...she says that growers need to get on top of those weeds as quickly as possible...she also reminds producers about knocking out any volunteer wheat that might now be turning up in wheat stubble ...
982 – Livestock Market Update … Risk and Profit Conference
July 19, 2021 14:03 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBLivestock Market Update Risk and Profit Conference Agricultural News Kansas 4-H Update 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, is featured on this week's cattle market segment: she offers her preview of the USDA's cattle inventory report due out this Friday, and she talks about the support that the cattle markets are currently getting from the good demand for by-products 00:12:00 – Risk and Profit Conf...
981 – Grain Market Update … Nutrient Applications Timing
July 16, 2021 15:23 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Nutrient Applications Timing Wheat Harvest Update Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien covers his latest marketing year projections for wheat prices, and he takes another look at the current local basis relationship between corn and grain sorghum around Kansas 00:12:00 – Nutrient Applications Timing: Precision crop nutrient specialist Brian Arnall of Oklahoma State University talks ab...
980—Crop Irrigation Technology…Irrigation Efficiency Research
July 15, 2021 14:46 - 39 minutes - 18.6 MBCrop Irrigation Advances Irrigation Efficiency Research Wheat Harvest Update Landscape Insect Pests 00:01:08—Crop Irrigation Advances--K-State water resource engineer Jonathan Aguilar discusses the latest technological and management advances in crop irrigation, drawing from his extensive research and evaluation programs at multiple locations around Kansas: he talks up the use of information feedback in making crop watering decisions, citing three "triggers"...weather patterns...
979 – Nutrient Deficiencies in Soybean Stands … Selecting Software and Creep Feeding Calves
July 14, 2021 15:01 - 38 minutes - 36.3 MBNutrient Deficiencies in Soybean Stands Selecting Software and Creep Feeding Calves Wheat Harvest Report Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Nutrient Deficiencies in Soybean Stands: K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz talks about identifying nutrient deficiencies in soybean stands here in mid-summer...how to interpret the appearance of soybean plants, which can tip the producer off that there's a nutrient problem...he also remarks on what, if any, corrective acti...
978—International Grain Numbers…USDA Program Reminders
July 13, 2021 14:39 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB978—International Grain Numbers…USDA Program Reminders USDA Grain Numbers USDA Reporting Deadlines Wheat Harvest Update Hog-Nosed Snakes 00:01:10--USDA Grain Numbers--The senior economist with the IGP Institute at K-State, Guy Allen, reviews the USDA's latest world grain supply-and-demand report released yesterday, and what it says about international grain trade prospects...he says the numbers on world wheat production and available stocks are the headliner of this ...
977 – Livestock Market Update … Pre-weaning Health Challenges
July 12, 2021 16:19 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MB977 – Livestock Market Update … Pre-weaning Health Challenges Livestock Market Update Pre-Weaning Health Challenges Wheat Harvest Report Kansas County Fairs 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University provides this week's cattle market commentary: he talks about his expectations of a good second half of 2021 for cattle prices, and he remarks on the just-announced administration initiative to support expansion of small- ...
976 – Grain Market Update … Active Insect Pests
July 09, 2021 15:10 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBGrain Market Update Active Insect Pests Wheat Harvest Update Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien passes along his latest price probability projections for corn and soybeans for the marketing year, and talks about how the row crop markets are fully attuned to this weekend's weather in the Corn Belt, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends 00:11:50 – Active Insect Pests: K-State crop entomolo...
975—Value-Added Calf Marketing…Wheat Straw As Forage
July 08, 2021 14:52 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBEnhancing Beef Calf Value Ammoniating Wheat Straw Wheat Harvest Report Vegetable Fruit Set 00:01:07--Enhancing Beef Calf Value--K-State beef cattle specialist Sandy Johnson talks about production practices for adding economic value to spring-born beef calves as weaning and marketing time approaches...she draws from a recent analysis of calf buyer preferences, and the premiums paid for such practices as pre-conditioning and source-and-age verification 00:12:07--Ammoniat...
974 – Updated Estimates on ARC-County Crop Program … Agricultural Law Update
July 07, 2021 15:12 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBUpdated Estimates on ARC-County Crop Program Agricultural Law Update Kansas Wheat Harvest Report Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Updated Estimates on ARC-County Crop Program: K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid announces that K-State's county-level estimates on ARC-county crop program payments for 2020 production have just been updated...she'll tell how to access those via an interactive map found at the agmanager.info web site 00:12:00 – Agricultural Law Update...
973—Cattle Market Commentary…Pork Export Destinations
July 06, 2021 15:07 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBCattle Market Update Pork Export Concentration Wheat Harvest Report Purple Martin Housing 00:01:10—Cattle Market Update--K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor is featured on this week's cattle market segment...he sizes up the current cattle price trends, and he reflects on his testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee recently on cattle market issues, particularly regarding calls for setting mandatory levels of spot-market cattle trading 00:12:09—Pork Export Con...
972 – Grain Market Update … Double-Cropped Weed Control
July 02, 2021 15:35 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBGrain Market Update Double-Cropped Weed Control Wheat Harvest Report Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about the surge in grain prices following the USDA's crop acreage report earlier this week, and he discusses the weather dynamics that have captured most of the market attention of late, during his weekly commentary on the grain market trends 00:11:55 – Double-Cropped Weed Control: K-State weed...
971 – Switching Cattle from Corn to Wheat … Adopting New Reproduction Technologies
July 01, 2021 15:07 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBSwitching Cattle from Corn to Wheat Adopting New Reproduction Technologies Kansas Wheat Harvest Report Problems Appearing in Garden Tomatoes 00:01:00 – Switching Cattle from Corn to Wheat: K-State beef systems specialist Justin Waggoner discusses the use wheat as the primary feedstuff for cattle, as the economics of wheat feeding look more favorable when compared to those of corn...he goes over several considerations on feeding wheat in the growing and finishing rations, as well...
970 – Double-Cropping Following Harvested Wheat … Agricultural Law Update
June 30, 2021 14:58 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBDouble-Cropping Following Harvested Wheat Insect Pests in Soybeans, Sunflowers and Corn Kansas Wheat Harvest Report Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Double-Cropping Following Harvested Wheat: K-State crop production specialist Ignacio Ciampitti offers several agronomic considerations when double-cropping soybeans or grain sorghum following harvested wheat: he centers on variety and hybrid selection based on maturity rating, as well as seeding rate and row spacing in each ca...
969—USDA Program Update…Wheat Harvest Report
June 29, 2021 16:30 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBFSA Coffee Talk Kansas Wheat Harvest Report Ag news Owl Rodent Control 00:01:08 – FSA Coffee Talk-- Acting state director Chuck Pettijohn of the Farm Service Agency covers an assortment of USDA program items: among them, the latest on CFAP and WHIP payments, and the deadlines on reporting crop acres and prevented plantings information....he also talks about the expected appointment of the FSA state director and state FSA committee 00:12:15 – Wheat Harvest Progres...
968 – Livestock Market Update … Sericea Lespedeza Treatment Options
June 28, 2021 15:52 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBLivestock Market Update Sericea Lespedeza Treatment Options Wheat Harvest Report Kansas 4-H Youth Camp 00:01:00 – Livestock Market Update: Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University recaps the indicators from last Friday's USDA cattle-on-feed report and offers his thoughts on last week’s discussion at the Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the cattle markets and the beef packing sector 00:12:00 – Sericea Lespedeza Treatment Options: K-State past...
967 – Grain Market Update … Hog Rations Conversion
June 25, 2021 16:23 - 38 minutes - 18.2 MBGrain Market Update Hog Rations Conversion Ag news and Wheat Harvest Report Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien looks ahead to the USDA's crop acreage report coming out next week. He also comments on wheat prices holding their ground as the Kansas harvest is well underway 00:11:56 – Hog Rations Conversion: K-State swine nutritionist Mike Tokach talks about making the conversion from corn to wheat in hog...
966-Comparing Farm Finances…Wheat Harvest Progress
June 24, 2021 17:23 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBFinancial Benchmarking Tool Kansas Wheat Harvest Report Ag news Vegetable Harvest Tips 00:01:13 – Financial Benchmarking Tool: K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about using financial ratios for benchmarking the economic performance of one's farm or ranch operation...she has just updated K-State's benchmarking tool that allows producers to compare their financial status to that of peers around the state, using the very latest Kansas Farm Management Association ...
965 – Plant Tissue Testing … Agricultural Law Update
June 23, 2021 16:17 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBPlant Tissue Testing Agricultural Law Update Ag news Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Plant Tissue Testing: K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz touts the practice of plant tissue testing for nutrient content...he goes over the sampling method, and talks about the value of the test information for diagnosing crop problems and for making in-season nutrient management decisions 00:11:58 – Agricultural Law Update: Agricultural law professor Roger McEowen of t...
964 – Insect Activity in Kansas Crops … Boating Safety Tips
June 22, 2021 16:27 - 37 minutes - 18 MBInsect Activity in Kansas Crops Ag news Boating Safety Tips 00:01:00 – Insect Activity in Kansas Crops: K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth reports on an array of insects that are now active in alfalfa, as well as corn and soybeans in their early stages of growth: potato leafhoppers and grasshoppers attacking alfalfa stands, bean leaf beetles working on soybean leaves, and western corn rootworms causing some corn stands to lodge...he goes over the need for control in each ca...
963-Cattle Market Update...Early Calf Weaning Management
June 22, 2021 14:23 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBCattle prices and inflation Early calf weaning advantages Ag news 4-H day camps 00:01:10 – Cattle Price Trends: The director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, is featured on this week's cattle market segment: she remarks on last week's improvement in fed cattle prices, the ongoing downturn in boxed beef prices, and the potential impacts of overall food price inflation on beef consumption moving through the summer 00:12:07 –Early Ca...
962 – Grain Market Update … Sidedress Nitrogen Applications
June 18, 2021 16:23 - 38 minutes - 18.5 MBGrain Market Update Sidedress Nitrogen Applications Ag news Kansas Agricultural Weather 00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien remarks on the developments that led to the falloff in grain prices this week, with the notable exception of wheat prices, which managed to hold relatively steady as the Kansas wheat harvest is underway...he believes that growing season weather patterns will be the dominant market factor for some time to come ...
961 – Herbicide Spraying Adjustments … Value of Cow-Calf Genetic Testing
June 17, 2021 16:56 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBHerbicide Spraying Adjustments Value of Cow-Calf Genetic Testing Ag news Bagworms, Mosquitoes, Ticks and Chiggers 00:01:00 – Herbicide Spraying Adjustments: K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster talks about the adjustments that crop producers and commercial herbicide applicators should make in their herbicide spraying during these unusually hot days for mid-June...she talks about how the high temperatures can adversely impact weed control performance and possibl...
960 – Disease Pathogens in Wheat Heads … Forage Insurance Options
June 16, 2021 16:22 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBDisease Pathogens in Wheat Heads Forage Insurance Options Ag news Stop, Look and Listen 00:01:00 – Disease Pathogens in Wheat Heads: K-State wheat disease specialist Kelsey Andersen Onofre reports on the presence of disease pathogens in wheat heads as the Kansas wheat harvest is about to open up...she goes over the conditions that have led to head scab disease turning up in locations where it rarely is a problem, and how growers would want to manage that situation...she also...