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Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, and Brady Brewer, K-State associate professor in agricultural economics, discuss ad hoc payments and what producers need to consider when receiving these one-time government payments.

Antonina Broyaka provides an update on Ukraine crops and their production. 

Robin Reid, K-State farm economist, and Allen Featherstone, K-State agricultural economics department head, discuss the upcoming Ag Profitability conferences and what information will be shared.

K-State Extension farm economist, Robin Reid, and Director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, Ashlee Westerhold, preview the new Beginning Farmer/Rancher Conferences.

Brady Brewer and Brian Briggeman discuss the recent decision from the Federal Open Market Committee and what it means for inflation, unemployment and agriculture. 

Jenny Ifft, Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair at K-State, discusses changes in crop insurance and additional coverage options that producers can take into account. She explains what is different after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and what a few of the tradeoffs are for the many considerations. 

Rich Llewelyn notes upcoming agricultural economics events. He mentions a grain marketing webinar, the Risk and Profit conference, and the Ag Lenders conferences.

Robin Reid and Rich Llewelyn discuss ARC and PLC final payments for wheat and their projections for corn, soybeans and grain sorghum.