• The weekly grain market update

• The latest “Cattle Chat” podcast

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien discusses the opportunities the markets are currently presenting to forward contract new-crop production at prices above production costs...and he takes a look at historical grain price trend lines from now to fall harvest, during his weekly segment on the grain trades.

00:12:57 – Beef Cattle Institute Podcast:  From the latest Cattle Chat podcast out of the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State, two cow-calf management topics:  saving and preserving extra colostrum from the herd during this calving season, and nutritionally managing the herd bull from now to spring breeding time...featured are cattle nutritionist Philip Lancaster, livestock economist Dustin Pendell and veterinarians Bob Larson and Brad White.

00:24:17 – Ag News:  The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”

00:32:30 – Kansas Weather:  K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

 

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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.

 

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.