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KSRN Radio Interviews
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Weekly Grain Market Outlook - Dan O'Brien and Guy Allen
Dan O'Brien and Guy Allen discuss the overall market reaction to the USDA reports as well as feed grains, wheat and soybeans, in addition to transportation, foreign exchange rates and government payments. |
January 16, 2026 |
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Women Grow the Farm Conference
LaVell Winsor and Robin Reid highlight the goals and agenda for this year's Women Grow the Farm Conference. |
January 15, 2026 |
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Agricultural Law Update
Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, highlights his top ten developments in agricultural law and tax in 2025. |
January 14, 2026 |
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Weekly Cattle Market Report - Glynn Tonsor and LMIC
Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, recaps the recent cattle market moves and highlights the last Meat Demand Monitor of 2025. |
January 12, 2026 |
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Africa Being the Next Grain Market for the U.S.
Two segments from Guy Allen, the senior economist at the IGP Institute, and Peter Goldsmith, director and principal investigator of the Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois, as they discuss how Africa could be the next big market for U.S. growers, as well as explaining challenges and barriers to opening the market. |
January 6, 2026 |
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Options for Using Ad Hoc Payments
Jenny Ifft, K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, and Brady Brewer, K-State associate professor in agricultural economics, discuss ad hoc payments and what producers need to consider when receiving these one-time government payments. |
December 4, 2025 |
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Ukraine Crop Production Update
Antonina Broyaka provides an update on Ukraine crops and their production. |
November 10, 2025 |
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Reusing Waste Water
Joe Parcell, director of the Risk Management Center at K-State, explains a project that he is a part of that is working on the ability to add value to wastewater. |
November 6, 2025 |
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K-State Ag Profitability Conferences
Robin Reid, K-State farm economist, and Allen Featherstone, K-State agricultural economics department head, discuss the upcoming Ag Profitability conferences and what information will be shared. |
October 29, 2025 |
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Kansas Landowner Conference
K-State Extension farm economist, Robin Reid, and Director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, Ashlee Westerhold, highlight and preview the Kansas Landowner Conference and what attendees could learn. |
October 14, 2025 |
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Conferences
K-State Extension farm economist, Robin Reid, and Director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, Ashlee Westerhold, preview the new Beginning Farmer/Rancher Conferences. |
October 3, 2025 |
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The Flinchbaugh Focus - Opinions on the Agriculture Economy
Jenny Ifft, Brad Lubben and Mark Edelman share their opinions on many economic topics on a recent "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down on the Economy" podcast episode. |
September 25, 2025 |
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Lowering the Federal Funds Rate
Brady Brewer and Brian Briggeman discuss the recent decision from the Federal Open Market Committee and what it means for inflation, unemployment and agriculture. |
September 24, 2025 |
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Does Woody Encroachment Impact Land Values?
Jackson Lindamood, graduate research assistant in K-State's Department of Agricultural Economics, explains how woody encroachment impacts land values. |
September 18, 2025 |
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Crop Insurance Coverage Options
Jenny Ifft, Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair at K-State, discusses changes in crop insurance and additional coverage options that producers can take into account. She explains what is different after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and what a few of the tradeoffs are for the many considerations. |
September 9, 2025 |
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Inaugural Flinchbaugh Forum
Dana Woodbury, executive director of the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy, explains the center and the upcoming 2025 Flinchbaugh Forum. |
September 4, 2025 |
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Upcoming Ag Economics Events
Rich Llewelyn notes upcoming agricultural economics events. He mentions a grain marketing webinar, the Risk and Profit conference, and the Ag Lenders conferences. |
July 23, 2025 |
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Livestock Risk Protection
K-State Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair, Jenny Ifft, breaks down livestock risk protection and how cattle producers can use it as a risk management tool. |
July 15, 2025 |
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Recent Videos
Newsletters, Podcasts and Blogs
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Cattle Chat - Weekly Podcast from K-State Beef Cattle Institute
Recent episodes: Episode 401: January 16, 2026 - Epigenetics and Udder Quality Episode 400: January 9, 2026 - Dr. Dustin Pendell’s Trip to Taiwan, Fog Fever in Wyoming Cattle, Welfare Practices in Australia |
January 16, 2026 |
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| In the Cattle Markets (LMIC) | January 12, 2026 |
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Impact on Space Weather on 2024 Corn Production
"Inside Ag" Pocast. Kansas Farm Bureau. |
March 17, 2025 |
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What You Do Not Know About Third-Party Damages, Actual Production History, and Digital Agricultural Technology Can Hurt You
Farm-to-Farm Newsletter, by American Agricultural Law Association. May 2024. |
February 25, 2025 |
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Precision Ag in the Digital Age
A recent USDA study looks at some of the trends regarding producers’ adaption of precision agricultural methods and use of digital tools, from USDA economic researcher Johnathan McFadden and Terry Griffin of Kansas State University. A USDA podcast. |
May 16, 2023 |
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Position Announcements
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KFMA Extension Agricultural Economist - Northwest
Located in Colby, KS. Apply online: https://careers.k-state.edu/jobs/extension-ag-economist-kfma-nw-colby-ot... |
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Newspapers and Magazines
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| Capturing Value From Precision Agricultural Data: Big Data in Ag Webcast | May 11, 2016 |
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| Precision Agriculture Implications for Farm Management: Farmland Leasing Example | May 11, 2016 |
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