• The weekly grain market update

• The 5 herbicide groups that are commonly used to control weeds before they emerge

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien offers his latest observations on the grain market trends: he talks about the market significance of the numbers that came out of this week's virtual wheat tour of Kansas and surrounding states, and he remarks on the surprisingly healthy basis levels at local delivery points around Kansas currently.

00:12:51 – Herbicides, Down Under:  K-State weed science specialist Sarah Lancaster talks about assessing the in-soil activity of pre-emergence herbicides applied to corn and soybean ground…she looks at the modes-of action of the five herbicide groups that are commonly used to control weeds before they emerge.

00:24:14 – Ag News:  The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”

00:32:31 – Kansas Weather:  K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

 

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