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KSRN Radio Interviews
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Weekly Grain Market Outlook - Dan O'Brien
Dan O’Brien, K-State grain economist, begins the show with a grain market update. He discusses crop progress, the Brazilian corn crop and risk management. |
June 2, 2023 |
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Kansas Land Values
K-State agricultural economist, Robin Reid, discusses the new Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends. She says that this report provides a lot of data to people interested in Kansas agricultural land. |
May 31, 2023 |
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Weekly Cattle Market Report - Glynn Tonsor and LMIC
Lee Schulz, Iowa State University Extension livestock economist provides a cattle market update. Lee discusses recent farm labor and cold storage reports from the USDA. |
May 30, 2023 |
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Adopting Technology in Agriculture
Today’s show begins with Tomas Nilsson, faculty member at Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, and Terry Griffin, K-State cropping systems economist. The pair discusses challenges technology faces when trying to be adopted by producers in agriculture, and discuss what Tomas has found from his research in Canada about technology adoption in agriculture. Terry provides insight on Canada’s similarities to Kansas. |
May 25, 2023 |
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Agricultural Law Update
Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, starts today’s show with an ag law update. He discusses the Swampbuster Act, Grassley Amendment and the Foster Case. |
May 24, 2023 |
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KFMA Net Farm Income Summary
The show begins with Kansas Farm Management Association Executive Director, Mark Dikeman giving an overview of the 2022 KFMA Executive Summary. KFMA economists Glenn Conover, Trenton Hargrave, Lucas Sudbeck, Dillon Rapp, Clay Simons and Lindsay Bryant continue as they discuss how 2022 fared for producers in their association. |
May 23, 2023 |
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Highlights from USDA’s Latest WASDE Report
Guy Allen, senior economist with the International Grain Program at K-State, highlights portions of the recent WASDE (World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates) report from USDA. |
May 16, 2023 |
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Allen Featherstone Named a Distinguished Professor
Allen Featherstone, K-State agricultural economics professor and department head, discusses being named a distinguished professor at K-State. He mentions important mentors and explains significant moments in his career. |
May 8, 2023 |
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Update on Ukraine's Agricultural Conditions
Antonina Broyaka has an update on the Black Sea region, focusing on the ongoing impacts of Russia’s war against Ukraine and shares information on the current condition of agricultural land and the ever-evolving trade dynamics at hand that highly impact Ukraine’s economy. |
April 28, 2023 |
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Understanding the Farm Bill
We continue today’s show with K-State policy specialist Jenny Ifft as she provides a brief overview of the Farm Bill and discusses the upcoming K-State Farm Bill panel taking place at the Stanley Stout Center on May 2nd from 1:30 to 2:45 pm. |
April 27, 2023 |
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Foreign Land Ownership
Today’s show begins with insight on foreign ownership of U.S. land with K-State Agricultural Economics department head, Allen Featherstone. Allen breaks down some of the concerns when it comes to foreign ownership of agricultural land, how this information is tracked, and some surprising data for Kansas. |
April 18, 2023 |
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Current Kansas Land Values and Ownership
We start today’s show with a segment on Kansas land values and ownership with K-State agricultural economist, Robin Reid. Robin shares an overview of current land values and compares the current highs to those we have seen in the past. She also shares insight on which of our neighboring states have residents that own the most Kansas land. |
April 6, 2023 |
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The Future of Carbon Markets
We begin today’s show by continuing our conversation from last week on carbon credits with K-State post-doctoral fellow, Micah Cameron Harp, and K-State professor of Agricultural Economics, Nathan Hendricks. This week they discuss the policy surrounding carbon markets and where they see markets like this going in the future. |
April 4, 2023 |
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What Producers Should Know About Carbon Credits
We have a conversation on carbon credits with post-doctoral fellow in the Agricultural Economics Department here at K-State, Micah Cameron Harp. He begins with the basics of what a carbon credit is, how they are utilized, and what it looks like to take advantage of the carbon market as an agricultural producer, then shares insight on how credits are generated and the different factors that can impact producer return on investment in these programs. |
March 28, 2023 |
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Ethanol Outlook for 2023
We discuss ethanol outlooks for 2023 with K-State grain economist Dan O’Brien. Dan emphasizes the importance of a stable U.S. economy and our nation’s ability to travel this summer when it comes to supporting this vital industry in the Midwest. |
March 15, 2023 |
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Reflecting on One Year of War in Ukraine
Ukraine native, Antonina Broyaka reflects on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, her journey with her children to K-State, and impacts of the war so far, then continues with discussion of the war's impacts by providing insight on the significant role of infrastructure and exports in supporting not only the agricultural industry of the war-torn country, but the entirety of Ukraine itself. |
March 14, 2023 |
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Precision Agriculture Adoption
K-State precision agriculture economist, Terry Griffin, joins us for a conversation on the rate at which technology in the world of precision agriculture is being adopted by producers. Terry highlights the more widely used tools and describes the benefits and costs with implementing these types of technologies. |
February 24, 2023 |
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Benefits of Participating in Voluntary Water Programs
Bill Golden has done extensive research analyzing the benefits for producers who participate in voluntary programs such as local enhanced management areas (LEMAs) and water conservation areas. This work has allowed producers to increase water use efficiencies and production efficiencies in ways that they never thought possible before. |
February 22, 2023 |
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Recent Videos
Newsletters, Podcasts and Blogs
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Cattle Chat - Weekly Podcast from K-State Beef Cattle Institute
Recent episodes: Episode 266: June 2, 2023 - Processing Babies, Listener Question, Gut Health: not just the rumen Episode 265: May 26, 2023 - Lameness, Factors impacting birth weight, Research Round-Up |
June 2, 2023 |
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In the Cattle Markets (LMIC) | May 30, 2023 |
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Precision Ag in the Digital Age
A recent USDA study looks at some of the trends regarding producers’ adaption of precision agricultural methods and use of digital tools, from USDA economic researcher Johnathan McFadden and Terry Griffin of Kansas State University. A USDA podcast. |
May 16, 2023 |
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Value of Forage Insurance During Drought
In the K-State Beef Tips newsletter: https://enewsletters.k-state.edu/beeftips/ |
November 1, 2022 |
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Side-dress nitrogen applications for corn: Agronomic considerations and a new crop insurance endorsement
In K-State Agronomy e-Update: https://eupdate.agronomy.ksu.edu/index_new_prep.php |
February 18, 2022 |
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Deep Dive - Thought Leader
In "Meatingplace" magazine, November 9, 2021. |
November 9, 2021 |
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You may not be as financially efficient in pig production as you once thought
On "SwineIt", November 9, 2021. |
November 9, 2021 |
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Ten Things to Know About Pasture Rangeland and Forage Insurance
Beef Tips Newsletter: https://enewsletters.k-state.edu/beeftips/ |
November 1, 2021 |
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The Right to Repair Broken Tech is Key to Farmers
MarketPlace Podcast: "Fixing farm equipment is no small feat, especially when the latest generation of tractors and other heavy machinery can cost a million dollars." |
July 19, 2021 |
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Farm Data Economics Podcast
Future of Agriculture Podcast Episode |
February 3, 2021 |
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Vincent Amanor-Boadu -- Food, Energy, Water, Chemistry
Dig Deep Podcast, by KSRE: Profiles of K-State Research and Extension Scientists |
December 5, 2020 |
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Leveraging Yield Data-Podcast
University of Nebraska-Lincoln FarmBits podcast. |
November 5, 2020 |
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Glynn Tonsor - The Meat of the Matter
Dig Deep Podcast, by KSRE: Profiles of K-State Research and Extension Scientists |
August 21, 2020 |
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Terry Griffin - Big Data
Dig Deep Podcast, by KSRE: Profiles of K-State Research and Extension Scientists |
May 30, 2020 |
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Focused on the Grains Blog |
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Position Announcements
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KFMA Extension Agricultural Economist - Northeast
Located in Hiawatha, KS. |
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KFMA Extension Agricultural Economist - Southeast
Located in Ottawa, KS. |
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KFMA Extension Agricultural Economist - North-Central
Located in Abilene, KS. |
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KFMA Extension Agricultural Economist - Northeast
Located in Council Grove, KS. |
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Newspapers and Magazines
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Capturing Value From Precision Agricultural Data: Big Data in Ag Webcast | May 11, 2016 |
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Precision Agriculture Implications for Farm Management: Farmland Leasing Example | May 11, 2016 |
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Farm Finances | May 2, 2016 |
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