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KSRN Radio Interviews
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Kansas Net Farm Income in 2025
Mark Dikeman, Kansas Farm Management Association executive director, reviews the 2025 agricultural economy for Kansas by discussing the biggest factors of net farm income. Then KFMA economists Glenn Conover, Katelyn Reiff, Cole Mushrush, Dillon Rapp, Jonie James and Andrea Seaton break down what they saw for farm income in their regions. |
May 14, 2026 |
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Flinchbaugh Center: Farm Bill Factors
Part of the Clearing the Air podcast with K-State's Jenny Ifft and Eric Atkinson along with Brad Lubben and Mark Edelman as well as special guest Tara Smith chat about the Farm Bill and what they are currently seeing for it. |
May 1, 2026 |
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State-Level Exposure to Tariffs
A conversation with K-State's Jenny Ifft, Cornell University's Wendong Zhang and the Ohio State University's Seungki Lee has them discussing how tariffs can disrupt states differently across the U.S., with examples of how states could be impacted uniquely and what neighbors usually contribute to the most concern. |
April 30, 2026 |
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Working In Extension
K-State's Jenny Ifft, Cornell University's Wendong Zhang and the Ohio State University's Seungki Lee explain how their background has impacted their work in Extension. |
April 28, 2026 |
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Forecasting End-of-Season Peanut Yield
Taylor Cunningham, Master of Agribusiness graduate, explains her research on peanuts that looks into forecasting end-of-season peanut yield. |
April 16, 2026 |
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U.S. Biofuels
Part of a "Clearing the Air" podcast episode from the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy has Jenny Ifft, Mark Edelman and Scott Irwin discussing biofuels in the U.S. |
April 9, 2026 |
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Recent Gas Price Changes Due to Conflict
Gregg Ibendahl mentions the recent global confict and how it has impacted oil prices and their relationship with gas prices. |
March 5, 2026 |
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Crop Insurance Price Discovery
Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, discusses the completed price discovery for crop insurance. |
March 2, 2026 |
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Livestock Risk Protection Use in Kansas
Brian Coffey, K-State agricultural economist, and Yifei Zhang, senior research economist with the Agricultural Risk Policy Center at North Dakota State University, discuss research into Kansas producers using Livestock Risk Protection for feeder cattle. |
February 26, 2026 |
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Causes of Crop Losses in 2025
Jenny Ifft, Lucas Haag and Tina Sullivan discuss crop insurance loss ratios and the causes of the losses in 2025. |
February 19, 2026 |
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ARC, PLC and Crop Insurance for Producers
Robin Reid, K-State Extension farm economist, and Jenny Ifft, Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, discuss Agricultural Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage and crop insurance. They explain the background for these programs and how they have recently shifted, and how producers can learn more about these risk management options. |
February 12, 2026 |
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Reducing Fertilizer Costs and Water Contamination
Micah Cameron-Harp, water economist in the department of agricultural economics, and Matt Kirk, professor of geology at K-State, explain how nitrate concentration levels in water and be used to reduce fertilizer costs and contamination of drinking water. |
February 3, 2026 |
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US Beef Retail Market and Demand
Brian Coffey explains his research looking into the U.S. beef retail market and beef demand. |
January 27, 2026 |
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Kansas Land Values
K-State Extension land and crop market specialist, Megan Hughes, discusses the 2025 Kansas Land Values book and how farmers and ranchers can use it. |
January 26, 2026 |
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Finances and the Farm Online Class
LaVell Winsor, K-State farm analyst, and Robin Reid, K-State Extension farm economist, discuss the Finances and the Farm online class. |
January 20, 2026 |
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Supplemental and Enhanced Coverage Options
Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, explains the supplemental coverage option and enhanced coverage option and what has changed since last year. |
January 19, 2026 |
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Women Grow the Farm Conference
LaVell Winsor and Robin Reid highlight the goals and agenda for this year's Women Grow the Farm Conference. |
January 15, 2026 |
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Africa Being the Next Grain Market for the U.S.
Two segments from Guy Allen, the senior economist at the IGP Institute, and Peter Goldsmith, director and principal investigator of the Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois, as they discuss how Africa could be the next big market for U.S. growers, as well as explaining challenges and barriers to opening the market. |
January 6, 2026 |
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Recent Videos
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - July 2, 2026
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New World Screwworm Webinar 3 - June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 26, 2026
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New World Screwworm Webinar 2 - June 23, 2026
Part 1: Regulations and Therapeutics: New World Screwworm in the US - Dr. Brian Lubbers, KSU College of Vet Med Part 2: Current Situation - Dr. Sara McReynolds, KDA
Question and Answer Session
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June 23, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 19, 2026
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New World Screwworm Webinar 1 - June 16, 2026
New World Screwworm - Past and Present
New World Screwworm: Current Situation and Our Response
Q&A: Dr. Cassandra Olds, Dr. Sara McReynolds, and Dr. Dustin Pendell |
June 16, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 12, 2026
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Warm-Weather Wednesday Webinar 3 - Annual Forage Dual Use Option - Webinar Slides and Recording
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June 10, 2026 |
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2026 Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar - June Update - Slides and Recording
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June 8, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 5, 2026
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Warm-Weather Wednesday Webinar 2 - Farm Income Review and Outlook - Webinar Slides and Recording
Apologies that the slides are not included in the video. They are below for reference, but due to a glitch, they were not recorded. Rich Llewelyn Part 1: Farm Income Outlook - Joe Parcell and Jenny Ifft Part 2: KFMA Farm Income Review for 2025 - Mark Dikeman and Kellen Liebsch
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June 3, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 29, 2026
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Warm-Weather Wednesday Webinar 1 - Fertilizer and Diesel Prices; and Black Sea Grain and Oilseed Markets - Webinar Slides and Recording
Diesel and Fertilizer Prices - Gregg Ibendahl
Black Sea Grain and Oilseed Markets - Antonina Broyaka
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May 27, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 22, 2026
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 15, 2026
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 8, 2026
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2026 Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar - May Update - Slides and Recording
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May 4, 2026 |
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Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 1, 2026
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May 1, 2026 |
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Smoke & Mirrors
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The Food Assistance Landscape | Charlotte Ambrozek
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Conservation Policy: How did we get here? | Jonathan Coppess
Conservation policy didn’t appear overnight—it emerged in response to crisis and was built on the foundation of the land-grant research and extension system. In this episode of Smoke and Mirrors, Jonathan Coppess joins host Jennifer Ifft to explore the evolution of U.S. agricultural conservation policy, from the Dust Bowl to modern programs like the Conservation Reserve Program and working-lands initiatives such as EQIP. The conversation unpacks how economic pressures, the environmental movement, and political decisions have shaped conservation efforts—and why complexity and funding challenges still limit participation today. |
January 28, 2026 | |
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K-State Economists and the Regenerative Agriculture Program | Nathan Hendricks & Nicholas Detter
This episode of Smoke & Mirrors focuses on the economics of soil health and the adoption of conservation practices. Nicholas Detter outlines the core principles of regenerative agriculture, while Dr. Jennifer Ifft and Dr. Nathan Hendricks discuss how conservation can be both private business decision and a public or policy consideration. |
January 14, 2026 | |
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Storytelling is Policy Power | Michael Torrey
Policy decisions aren’t made in isolation. Michael Torrey joins Smoke and Mirrors to discuss how storytelling, personal relationships and sustained engagement play a critical role in shaping food and agriculture policy. |
January 8, 2026 |