• Weekly Grain Market Trends
• Pre- and Post-Harvest Weed Control in Wheat
• Kansas Agricultural Weather

 

00:01:05— Weekly Grain Market Trends--K-State grain market economist Dan O’Brien provides his weekly insight on the grain market trends:  he looks ahead to the USDA’s next monthly grain supply-and-demand report, which will be released tomorrow…and he comments on the forecast for hot mid-summer temperatures in the Corn Belt at pollination time, which is giving a lift to corn prices

 

00:12:11— Pre- and Post-Harvest Weed Control in Wheat--K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster talks pre-and post-harvest weed control in wheat:  she goes over the limited herbicide options that can be used as a harvest aid against weed growth ahead of cutting…and she talks about the efficacy of numerous herbicide options for controlling weed growth in wheat stubble following harvest

 

 

00:23:08— Kansas Agricultural Weather--K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond reports on Kansas agricultural weather

 

 

 

 

 

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