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Navigating Rough Waters
K-State agricultural economists Allen Featherstone and Mykel Taylor talk about their new article on the state of the Kansas farm economy, entitled "Navigating Rough Waters". They discuss the factors that are most greatly influencing the economic condition of production agriculture currently...most notably, land value trends and very modest improvements in net farm income the last couple of years and their thoughts on how 2020 might shape up economically for Kansas producers. |
January 30, 2020 |
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Autonomous Farming Systems
K-State precision agriculture economist Terry Griffin talks about the economic feasibility of autonomous farming systems, which have become the premiere topic at several precision agricultural technology conferences he has participated in this winter...he also touches upon the ongoing issue of how best to utilize and manage precision data collected at the farm level. |
January 28, 2020 |
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Farm Program Choices
K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid and Rich Llewelyn advise crop producers to start finalizing their decisions on which USDA farm program option they'll enroll in for 2019 and 2020 production, choosing either the Agricultural Risk Coverage or the Price Loss Coverage option. They remind about the helpful information at K-State's agmanager.info web site that producers can benefit from as they decide. |
January 17, 2020 |
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Net Farm Income Trends
K-State agricultural economist Gregg Ibendahl discusses another economic analysis he put together, this time comparing Kansas net farm income trends over the last 10 years, from the "good years" early in the decade to the "bad years" later on. He says the numbers resemble the years preceding the farm economy crisis of the 1980s. |
January 15, 2020 |
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Farm Debt in Kansas
Gregg Ibendahl talks about his new analysis of the farm debt situation, using Kansas Farm Management Association data to identify trends in the extent of debt incurred by farmers currently...the findings tell him that producers need to be evaluating their debt status very carefully right now. |
January 7, 2020 |
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Dean Minton Looks Ahead
The dean of the College of Agriculture at K-State, Ernie Minton, talks about the college's leading initiatives heading into 2020, particularly in agricultural research and teaching facility improvement on the campus and in agricultural student recruitment. |
December 20, 2019 |
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Farm Financial Skills for Women
Agricultural economist Robin Reid and farm analyst LaVell Winsor of K-State provide another reminder about the Farm Financial Skills for Women in Agriculture workshops coming up in January and February...a series of programs to be presented locally at 32 sites around the state, with the registration deadline coming up soon. |
December 19, 2019 |
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K-State Research and Extension: Looking Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020
The director for Extension at K-State, Gregg Hadley, reflects on the achievements of the Cooperative Extension Service in Kansas this past year, and looks forward to Extension's game plan for 2020: he talks about the emphasis on programs dealing with rural stress, a priority that will carry over into the new year, as well as other 2020 initiatives in the areas of succession planning and local food systems. |
December 17, 2019 |
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Trends in Farm Management Research
K-State agricultural economist Terry Griffin talks about a different kind of analysis he has just finished up: he tallied articles from a highly-respected journal to identify trends in farm management research, which indicated to him where such research might best be directed going forward. |
December 13, 2019 |
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Economic Impacts of Cattle Traceability
K-State livestock economist Dustin Pendell and graduate researcher Hannah Shear go over their just-released analysis of the economics associated with a cattle traceability system featuring individual animal identification. They look at which sector of the beef cattle industry would bear the largest share of traceability costs, as well as the potential economic payoffs of having a traceability system in place. |
December 9, 2019 |
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Year-End Farm and Ranch Management
The executive director of the Kansas Farm Management Association at K-State, Kevin Herbel, discusses a number of end-of-year farm and ranch management topics: conducting a thorough evaluation of where the operation stands financially at year's end, and setting goals for 2020, ways of identifying the operation's financial position and creating a cash flow projection for the months ahead, and using financial benchmarking and other tools. He says that this should go beyond the normal end-of-year tax management. |
December 3, 2019 |
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Propane Market Issues
K-State agricultural economist Gregg Ibendahl talks about his new analysis of the propane market issues that have arisen in the central plains and Midwest this fall, prompted in good part, he says, by localized surges in propane demand because of the late corn harvest...he looks at the ensuing hike in propane prices, and when those prices might settle back down going into winter. |
November 27, 2019 |
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Flex Lease For Crop Producers
K-State agricultural economist Mykel Taylor talks about the "flex lease" approach to renting crop ground, which is drawing more attention from producers...she explains how a flex lease works, saying that it offers an alternate way of distributing crop production risk between tenant and landlord. |
November 21, 2019 |
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Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service
The staff attorney with Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services at K-State, Forrest Buhler, talks about the expanded range of service that program can now provide to producers who are contending with financial challenges...he offers input on what producers in that situation should think about as lending notes come due after harvest. |
November 21, 2019 |
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Precision Agriculture Recap
Terry Griffin offers his take on what's up and coming in the field of precision farming technology, with autonomous and robotic field work systems leading the way. He also talks about the economics of investing in precision technology, and tells of several opportunities for producers to learn more about precision systems that would fit their operations, including the annual precision technology conference to be hosted by the Kansas Agricultural Research and Technology Association. |
November 14, 2019 |
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Crop Production Budgets
Gregg Ibendahl discusses the update of K-State’s crop production budgets for producers to use in planning for the 2020 cropping year. |
November 13, 2019 |
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Financial Workshops for Women in Agriculture
From the Department of Agricultural Economics at K-State, Robin Reid and LaVell Windsor talk about a new series of K-State financial workshops for women in agriculture that will be taking place at 31 sites around the state in early 2020...they'll go over what this first-of-its-kind series will cover, encouraging potential participants to register for the session closest to them as soon as possible. |
November 8, 2019 |
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Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance
K-State agricultural economist Monte Vandeveer invites forage and grassland managers to look at the USDA's Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance program as a way of managing the risk of drought losses to pasture and forage resources...the deadline for enrolling in this coverage for the 2020 calendar year is a week from this Friday. |
November 6, 2019 |
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