1. Home
  2. O'Brien

Daniel O'Brien

Grain Markets & Market Structure, Farm Management

Professor and Extension Agricultural Economist
Northwest Research Extension Center

The focus of Dr. O’Brien's extension and applied research efforts have been in the areas of grain and bioenergy market analysis - with emphasis on of wheat, feed grain, oilseed, and ethanol supply-demand and prices. He also has been working in the areas of irrigated and dryland cropping systems and natural resource-related issues in western Kansas. He also works extensively with agricultural audiences on issues such as farmland leasing and crop enterprise profitability. Visit "Focused on Grains Blog" by Dan O'Brien.

Address
Northwest Research Extension Center
105 Experiment Farm Road PO Box 786
Colby , KS  67701-0786
Phone
(785) 462-6281
Fax
(785) 462-2315
Email
dobrien@k-state.edu
Twitter Username
@ksugrains
Curriculum Vitae
PDF icon Curriculum Vita
Bio
PDF icon Short Bio
Profile Video
View
Documents & Presentations by Daniel O'Brien
Title Date Downloads
Weekly Grain Market Outlook - Dan O'Brien

K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien remarks on this past week's grain market trends, as the bullish run in prices stalled out over the last few days...he also goes over his latest longer-term outlook on prices, as shared in a K-State Mini Risk-and-Profit Conference session this week.

 January 22, 2021
Grain Market Outlook for 2021

Presented at 2021 WInning the Game Marketing Workshop, LaCrosse, KS. 

 January 21, 2021
Grain Market Update for 2020

2020 KS-MO State Line Crops Conference. 

 December 2, 2020
Kansas Grain Sorghum - Acres, Yields, Revenue, Costs and Profitability November 19, 2020
Supply-Demand Balances for Grain

Presented to AGEC 520: Markets and Futures Trading. Manhattan, KS. 

 October 19, 2020
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - September 25, 2020
Audio only: click HERE

 September 25, 2020
Seasonal Cash Grain Prices

An Excel spreadsheet to evaluate seasonality in the Kansas grain market

 September 17, 2020
Feedgrain Market Outlook for 2020-2021 September 3, 2020
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - August 28, 2020
Audio only: click HERE

 August 28, 2020
Agriculture Today - Grain Markets - August 21, 2020
Audio only: click HERE

 August 21, 2020