• A new online tool helps farmers calculate farm machinery costs

• An agricultural law update

• Agricultural news

• Gus van der Hoeven’s “Stop, Look and Listen…”

00:01:30 – Calculating Farm Machinery Costs:  K-State agricultural economist Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin talk about a new online tool that farmers can use to calculate farm machinery costs...as input for making machinery purchase decisions, as a basis for comparing lease vs. purchase options, or for weighing the choice of custom hiring an operation instead of investing in equipment...they say it's an easy-to-use tool that can provide very useful information.

00:12:57 – Agricultural Law Update:  From the Washburn University School of Law, professor of agricultural law and taxation Roger McEowen looks at the court case history of state right-to-farm laws, which generally have provided farmers solid protection from nuisance lawsuits by people who move into rural areas...he says, however, that the right-to-farm principle may earn a look by the U.S. Supreme Court.

00:24:18 – Ag News:  A look at the day's agricultural news headlines.

00:32:39 – "Stop, Look and Listen":  K-State's Gus van der Hoeven presents "Stop, Look and Listen", his weekly commentary on rural Kansas.

 

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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

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