Melissa McKendree discusses her study of changes at the retail level of the beef production chain, and how those are impacting beef producers upstream economically.
Mykel Taylor talks about adjusting cropland rental rates amidst the ongoing slump in grain prices, and about expectations for Kansas farmland values moving ahead.
Robin Reid talks about navigating the struggling farm economy and maximizing economic returns on cover crops, part of her presentation at August 2016 Risk and Profit Conference.
K-State agricultural economist Monte Vandeveer talks about his analysis of insurance products available to cattle producers to cover pasture and forage production that have been made available on a pilot basis to Kansas producers.
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby talks more about the possibility of Kansas wheat producers capitalizing on the USDA loan deficiency payment, if local wheat prices once again fall below the trigger rate.
Precision agricultural engineer Ajay Sharda and cropping systems economist Terry Griffin of K-State talk about automated boom height controls on field sprayers.
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby reminds wheat producers of how the USDA marketing loan program works, now that wheat prices in many counties have dropped below the loan rate, triggering eligibility for loan deficiency payments on wheat for the first time since the early 2000s.
K-State agricultural economist Vincent Amanor-Boadu offers his take on the decision by Great Britain to exit the European Union and the ensuing impact on U.S. agricultural trade.