• The weekly grain market update

• Five principles of soil health

• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”

• Kansas agricultural weather

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien looks at the pre-report estimates ahead of the USDA's planting intentions report coming out next Tuesday, and he comments on grain sorghum export business that is giving a boost to local grain sorghum prices in Kansas, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.

00:12:53 – Five Principles of Soil Health:  NRCS rangeland health specialist Ethan Walker goes over the five principles of soil health, and how the utilization of cover crops serves each of those principles individually...this from a presentation he was scheduled to make at a K-State cover crops/soil health field day in southeast Kansas next month.

00:24:04 – Ag News:  The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”

00:32:21 – 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.

 

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