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Here is a cattle market update with Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University livestock economist, who discusses the July Cattle on Feed report and how he saw cattle on his recent international travel.

Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, talks through his recent blog article that covers topics from reporting 4-H income to foreign bank accounts.

Gregg Ibendahl, K-State Extension farm management economist, discusses his net farm income projections for the rest of 2024 and 2025.

K-State’s Jenny Ifft and John Holman discuss how annual forage insurance is different this year and what decisions need to be made when enrolling.

Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, Jenny Ifft, provides an update on the Farm Bill. She explains what the key talking points of the bill currently are and where they stand.

Mark Dikeman, Kansas Farm Management Association’s executive director, provides an economic and financial analysis of Kansas farms in 2023. Then KFMA’s Extension ag economists Glenn Conover, Lindsay Bryant, Dillon Rapp, Aaron Meisenheimer, Jacob Grinstead and Chelsea Plummer continue with a quick financial summary of the farms in their regions.

K-State’s Glynn Tonsor and Joe Parcell talk about the value of USDA reports and what they are doing to figure out worthwhile reports to continue to be produced.

Jenny Ifft and Joe Parcell review the 2024 Kansas Farm Income Outlook. The pair summarizes crop, livestock and farm income projections.