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Farm Bill History and Policy - A Series By Jenny Ifft
Jenny Ifft discusses the history of the farm bill and its various components over several weeks for "Agriculture Today, with Shelby Varner on the K-State Radio Network, in June, July and August of 2023. The entire series and each separate interview are below: Entire series (1-9)Individual segments: 1 - Before the First Farm Bill - June 6, 2023 2 - The Farm Bill During the Great Depression - June 13, 2023 3 - The Farm Bill During the Eisenhower Administration - June 20, 2023 4 - The Farm Bill in the 1960s and 1970s - June 27, 2023 5 - The Farm Financial Crisis - July 5, 2023 6 - The Farm BIll and Ag Policy in the 1990s - July 18, 2023 7 - Farm Policy in the 2000s - July 11, 2023 8 - Farm Bill Conservation Programs - July 25, 2023 9 - The Farm Bill and Commodity Credit Corporation - August 8, 2023 (with Roger McEowen) |
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DC Perspective on the Farm Bill
The executive editor of Agri-Pulse Communications, Philip Brasher, discusses the Farm Bill and components of it that are critical to agriculture. He continues with what he is expecting moving forward in Washington D.C. as it relates to agriculture and Congress. |
August 22, 2023 |
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Machinery Investment
Kansas Farm Management Association economists Chelsea Plummer and Bob Kohman provide information about recent work they did to learn more about machinery investments and cost structures. |
August 18, 2023 |
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Kansas Heat and Farm Income
Jenny Ifft discusses how agriculture has financially been impacted by the dry weather. |
August 17, 2023 |
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Farm Bill and Commodity Credit Corporation
K-State law professor, Roger McEowen, and K-State agriculture policy specialist, Jenny Ifft, discuss Commodity Credit Corporation Loans and how they relate to the farm bill. |
August 8, 2023 |
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Ukraine Update
Antonina Broyaka, K-State extension associate in the department of agricultural economics, has an update on Ukraine. They continue to experience conditions highly unfavorable to agriculture production. |
July 31, 2023 |
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Risk and Profit Conference and Ag Lenders Conference
Rich Llewelyn, K-State Extension assistant, provides information about two upcoming events. He shares details on the Risk and Profit Conference and Ag Lenders Conferences. |
July 28, 2023 |
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Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, and Gaye Benfer, assistant state conservationist for programs with NRCS, review how the farm bill and conservation programs are connected. |
July 25, 2023 |
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Space Impacting Agriculture
Terry Griffin, K-State precision agricultural economist, and Kathy Draeger from the University of Minnesota, discuss how things happening in space could impact earth and agriculture. They say we are likely nearing another event. |
July 24, 2023 |
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Farm Bill and Ag Policy in the 1990s
Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, provides information about the farm bill and agriculture policy in the 1990s. Decoupled payments are one thing that took place during this time and Jenny describes what they are and their impact. |
July 18, 2023 |
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Farm and Ranch Transition Conferences
Ashlee Westerhold, the director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition at K-State, continues the show with an opportunity for north central Kansas producers to learn more about farm and ranch transitioning. |
July 12, 2023 |
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Farm Policy in the 2000s
Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, discusses agriculture policy and the food and farm bill in the 2000s. |
July 11, 2023 |
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Farm Financial Crisis
Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, continues the show with history about agriculture policy and the farm bill. She talks about the 1980s farm financial crisis and freedom to farm. |
July 5, 2023 |
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Collaborating Center for Animal Health
K-State agriculture economics professor Dustin Pendell explains the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of which K-State has recently become a part. |
June 29, 2023 |
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Farm Bill in the 1960s and 1970s
Beginning today’s show is Jenny Ifft, K-State agricultural policy specialist, with history about the farm bill and agriculture during the 1960s and ‘70s. She explains the great grain robbery and government cheese during this time. |
June 27, 2023 |
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Annual Forage Insurance
Jenny Ifft provides information about annual forage insurance. She says there were 135,000 Kansas acres enrolled in it last year. |
June 22, 2023 |
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Farm Bill During the Eisenhower Administration
Jenny Ifft, K-State agriculture policy specialist, continues sharing information about the Farm Bill. She discusses the time period during the Eisenhower administration. |
June 20, 2023 |
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Farm Bill During the Great Depression
Jenny Ifft, K-State policy specialist, provides information about the farm bill during the Great Depression. Throughout that time period the role of the government shifted. |
June 13, 2023 |
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