• Grain Market Update
• Sidedress Nitrogen Applications
• Ag news
• Kansas Agricultural Weather

 

 

00:01:00 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien remarks on the developments that led to the falloff in grain prices this week, with the notable exception of wheat prices, which managed to hold relatively steady as the Kansas wheat harvest is underway...he believes that growing season weather patterns will be the dominant market factor for some time to come

 

00:12:00 – Sidedress Nitrogen Applications: K-State crop nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz looks at managing sidedress nitrogen applications to corn...emphasizing the timing of those treatments and nitrogen source selection...he also talks about sidedressing sulfur and chloride along with the nitrogen where needed

 

00:23:00 – Ag news: Eric Atkinson covers the day’s agricultural news headlines, including this week’s Wheat Scoop

 

00:30:53 – Kansas Agricultural Weather: Summer officially begins next week and K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on the recent hot spell and what agricultural producers can expect this summer

 

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