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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
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
Options for Using Ad Hoc Payments

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.

December 4, 2025
Ukraine Crop Production Update

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

November 10, 2025
Reusing Waste Water

Joe Parcell, director of the Risk Management Center at K-State, explains a project that he is a part of that is working on the ability to add value to wastewater.

November 6, 2025
K-State Ag Profitability Conferences

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.

October 29, 2025
Kansas Landowner Conference

K-State Extension farm economist, Robin Reid, and Director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, Ashlee Westerhold, highlight and preview the Kansas Landowner Conference and what attendees could learn. 

October 14, 2025
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Conferences

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.

October 3, 2025
The Flinchbaugh Focus - Opinions on the Agriculture Economy

Jenny Ifft, Brad Lubben and Mark Edelman share their opinions on many economic topics on a recent "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down on the Economy" podcast episode.

September 25, 2025
Lowering the Federal Funds Rate

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

September 24, 2025
Does Woody Encroachment Impact Land Values?

Jackson Lindamood, graduate research assistant in K-State's Department of Agricultural Economics, explains how woody encroachment impacts land values.

September 18, 2025
Crop Insurance Coverage Options

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. 

September 9, 2025
Inaugural Flinchbaugh Forum

Dana Woodbury, executive director of the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy, explains the center and the upcoming 2025 Flinchbaugh Forum.

September 4, 2025
Upcoming Ag Economics Events

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

July 23, 2025
Livestock Risk Protection

K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, Jenny Ifft, breaks down livestock risk protection and how cattle producers can use it as a risk management tool.

July 15, 2025
Payments for ARC and PLC

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

July 10, 2025
The Flinchbaugh Focus: The Agricultural Economy

This is part of an episode from the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy as Mark Edelman, Iowa State University; Jenny Ifft, Kansas State University; and Brad Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, share their opinions on the agricultural economy.

June 26, 2025
Annual Forage Insurance

Jenny Ifft, Logan Simon and John Holman talk about annual forages and annual forage insurance, noting what growers should consider when making selections.

June 11, 2025

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