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Forecasting Fieldwork Days

K-State agricultural economist Terry Griffin and student researcher Sara Gammon talk about an online resource they manage:  it maintains a running projection of days suitable for fieldwork in Kansas, based on weekly USDA data. They explain how producers can use this information to their advantage.

September 14, 2018
Maintaining a Consistent Farm Income

K-State agricultural economist Beth Yeager discusses her new study of the persistence of farm financial performance...using Kansas Farm Management Association data, she looked at the stability of individual farm income over a five-year span and the factors that allowed farms to consistently remain profitable over time.

September 11, 2018
Boosting Cow-Calf Profitability

K-State livestock economist Dustin Pendell talks about his new analysis of cow-calf profitability, based on Kansas Farm Management Association records...it shows that the gross income generated by the herd and cost management are equally important to that profitability, which is something of a new revelation.

September 10, 2018
USDA Market Facilitation Program

K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby offers his take on who gains, and who doesn't, from the USDA's Market Facilitation Program...the trade tariff relief payments that producers can apply for this fall:  he has run a comparative price analysis for corn, sorghum, soybeans and minor oilseeds as the basis for his observations.

September 6, 2018
Commodity Futures Trading

New K-State agricultural economist Joe Janzen talks about his research background on the structure and function of commodity markets...and he looks at what low-frequency traders should know about high-frequency commodity futures trading, a topic he addressed at the recent Risk and Profit Conference at K-State.

September 4, 2018
Market Facilitation Program

The state director of the Farm Service Agency, David Schemm, covers the details of the new Market Facilitation Program, as part of the USDA's trade tariff relief which was announced this week He lists the payment rates for the 2018 commodity production that is eligible, and the procedure for producer to follow in obtaining those payments.

August 29, 2018
Barry Flinchbaugh on Tariffs, Farm Bill and More

A conversation with K-State professor emeritus in agricultural economics Barry Flinchbaugh, which was among the sessions at the 2018 K-State Cooperative Symposium on the campus earlier this week:  among other things, he offers his insight on the long-term impacts of the current U.S. trade tariff approach, which he says will undoubtedly create inflation in the U.S. economy, and on the likelihood that the 2018 Farm Bill will be passed and signed into law before the end of the calendar year, if not sooner. 

August 23, 2018
The Road Ahead for Agricultural Trade

The keynote speaker at the Risk and Profit Conference, a professor of agricultural trade at Virginia Tech University, Dr. Richard Crowder, who served as the U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the U.S. Trade Representative's Office in the mid-2000s:  he talks about the new "playbook" that's now guiding agricultural trade negotiations, and about what he sees as a long path to resolving the current trade issues.

August 17, 2018
Landlords and Subsidy Payments

K-State agricultural economist Nathan Hendricks shares the findings from his new study, which looked at USDA crop program subsidies and how they factor into farmland rental payments. He specifically was interested in the extent to which landlords gain from those subsidies, compared to tenants.

August 16, 2018
Study of Grain Sorghum Yields

K-State agricultural economist Jesse Tack and graduate researcher Noah Miller report on their new study which looked at the historical response of grain sorghum yields to warming temperatures in Kansas over the last 40 years...they determined the point at which higher temperatures start to erode yields, and examined the impact of planting sorghum earlier than normal on yield results.

August 15, 2018
New Land Value Publication

K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about a new publication from K-State:  Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends, an extensive summary on land values at the state, regional and county levels, based on actual farm and ranch land sales in 2017...this is the first of what will be an annual comprehensive report on where land values stand and the direction in which they are trending.

August 10, 2018
Agricultural Economics Opportunities

The director of undergraduate programs for the Department of Agricultural Economics at K-State, Christine Wilson, talks about the academic opportunities that department offers students in support of their career goals, either within or outside the fields of agricultural economics and agribusiness.

August 8, 2018
Live Cattle Delivery to Settle Contract

K-State livestock economists Brian Coffey and Ted Schroeder talk about their new evaluation of the effectiveness of physical delivery of cattle to settle a live cattle futures contract...this in-depth study illustrated the complexity of physical delivery and its function as a risk management tool, and compared it to other alternative means of contract settlement.

August 6, 2018
Farm Asset and Equity Analysis

K-State agricultural economist Gregg Ibendahl goes over his new analysis of the growth rates of Kansas farm assets and equity over time...he has created reference information on that for each region of the state, which can be helpful as farm families map out their succession plans.

July 26, 2018
Trade Tariff Relief

K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby raises several important questions about the just-announced USDA relief program for agricultural producers who have been adversely affected by the imposition of trade tariffs...especially the Market Facilitation Program, which is intended to provide one-time payments to producers of select commodities, including most major grain crops

July 26, 2018
Conservation Decisions on Leased Farmland

K-State agricultural economist Mykel Taylor talks about a new survey of Kansas landlords and tenants on how they handle conservation decisions in their farmland leasing arrangements, from NRCS program participation to installing conservation practices ... the findings will be presented at the upcoming Risk and Profit Conference at K-State. 

July 19, 2018
Risk and Profit Conference Preview

K-State Extension assistant in agricultural economics Rich Llewelyn looks ahead to the 2018 Risk and Profit Conference at K-State, which will provide participants with cutting-edge information on farm and ranch economics and management, including over 20 breakout sessions where K-State researchers will get into an array of important contemporary topics.

July 18, 2018
K-State Symposium on Cooperative Issues

The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, Brian Briggeman, and the chief executive officer of the Kansas Cooperative Council, Brandi Miller, preview the 2018 K-State Symposium on Cooperative Issues and the KCC Leadership Roundtable, which will take place in tandem on the K-State campus in August.

July 13, 2018

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