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A cattle market update by University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock economist, Elliott Dennis, discusses the impacts on the market and how producers, consumers and economists are feeling. 

MAB student at K-State and Nebraska extension educator, Anastasia Meyer, shares key points from her thesis that researched 25 years of land value changes in Kansas and Nebraska.

Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair at K-State, Jenny Ifft, gives another Farm Bill update. She notes what is holding it up, what the tradeoffs are for getting a Farm Bill this year and if she thinks it will pass in 2024.

Rich Llewelyn, K-State extension assistant, provides a preview of the Risk and Profit Conference and other events and webinars that will take place with K-State’s agricultural economics department.

Gregg Ibendahl, K-State Extension farm management economist, discusses his net farm income projections for the rest of 2024 and 2025.

K-State’s Jenny Ifft and John Holman discuss how annual forage insurance is different this year and what decisions need to be made when enrolling.

Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, Jenny Ifft, provides an update on the Farm Bill. She explains what the key talking points of the bill currently are and where they stand.

Mark Dikeman, Kansas Farm Management Association’s executive director, provides an economic and financial analysis of Kansas farms in 2023. Then KFMA’s Extension ag economists Glenn Conover, Lindsay Bryant, Dillon Rapp, Aaron Meisenheimer, Jacob Grinstead and Chelsea Plummer continue with a quick financial summary of the farms in their regions.