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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Crop Insurance Price Discovery

Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, discusses the completed price discovery for crop insurance. 

March 2, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Recent Videos

Title Author Date Downloads
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - July 2, 2026

July 2, 2026
New World Screwworm Webinar 3 - June 30, 2026

June 30, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026
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


 

 

June 23, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 19, 2026

June 19, 2026
New World Screwworm Webinar 1 - June 16, 2026

New World Screwworm - Past and Present
Dr. Cassandra Olds - KSU Dept. of Entomology

 

New World Screwworm: Current Situation and Our Response
Dr. Sara McReynolds, Kansas Department of Agriculture

 

Q&A: Dr. Cassandra Olds, Dr. Sara McReynolds, and Dr. Dustin Pendell

 

June 16, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 12, 2026

Part 1

Part 2

 

June 12, 2026
Warm-Weather Wednesday Webinar 3 - Annual Forage Dual Use Option - Webinar Slides and Recording

June 10, 2026
2026 Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar - June Update - Slides and Recording

June 8, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026
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

 

June 3, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026
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 

 

 

May 27, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 22, 2026

May 22, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 15, 2026

May 15, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026
2026 Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar - May Update - Slides and Recording

May 4, 2026
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026

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Smoke & Mirrors

Title Author Date
The Food Assistance Landscape | Charlotte Ambrozek

February 5, 2026
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
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
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

Clearing the Air