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K-State agricultural economists Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin review their new analysis of what makes a top farm economically in Kansas, based on 10 years of Kansas Farm Management Association data from actual grain production farms across the state:  they ranked several hundred farms for their economic performance, and then evaluated the importance of five factors to those rankings. In this first segment, they look at farm size, and level of debt.

K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor returns to comment on the cattle and beef market behavior immediately following the Tyson beef plant fire in August. He has reviewed all the market-driving factors involved in the immediate drop in fed cattle prices, while at the same time, boxed beef prices rose significantly, saying that those shouldn't be ignored as that situation is further investigated.

Washburn University professor of agricultural law and taxation Roger McEowen covers two recent decisions by the Kansas Supreme Court with relevance for agricultural interests:   a ruling on a contentious family dispute over whom would inherit a homestead upon the death of the remaining parent, and a ruling on a case of natural gas migration from one property to the other.

K-State agricultural economist Nathan Hendricks talks about his work with Joe Janzen on projected payments to producers from this year's USDA Market Facilitation Program, and how those would compare to payments made under the 2018 MFP...they matched up the numbers for every county in Kansas, and shared their findings at the recent K-State Risk and Profit Conference.

The keynote speaker at the Risk and Profit Conference yesterday:  the president of Agri-Pulse Communications, Sara Wyant, shares her latest take on agricultural trade and policy issues, based on her information sources in Washington D.C. ... she comments specifically on the China trade situation and the outlook for farm program policy following the 2020 election.

K-State agricultural economist Joe Janzen talks about his analysis of the USDA's latest round of Market Facilitation Program payments, attempting to explain the variations in MFP payment rates from county to county...he will be presenting his findings at the K-State Risk and Profit Conference coming up later this week on the campus.

K-State agricultural economists Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin talk about their latest effort in a series of economics analyses which looks at the generational differences in farm and ranch management:  this time, they've focused on how spending tendencies and debt load differ among the various generations.

K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about an on-line analytical tool that agricultural producers can use to assess their financial status via benchmarking...comparing their operations to those of their peers in their region of the state:  that tool has just been updated with the latest economic information from the Kansas Farm Management Association.