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What Cooperatives Do
Brian Briggeman, director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, discusses the health of cooperatives and what they do for their community as October is Cooperative month. |
October 5, 2023 |
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Space Weather
K-State precision agriculture economist, Terry Griffin, and principal scientist at the Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Rebecca Bishop, discuss how space weather could impact agriculture, as well as resources where people can keep up to date about what is happening. |
September 28, 2023 |
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Net Farm Income Projections
K-State Extension farm management specialist Gregg Ibendahl discusses his net farm income projections for 2023 and 2024. |
September 25, 2023 |
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Update on Ukraine
K-State extension associate in the department of agricultural economics, Antonina Broyaka, has a Ukraine update. The country is still experiencing unfavorable conditions because of Russia. |
September 21, 2023 |
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K-State Landowner Conference
K-State’s Robin Reid and Ashlee Westerhold from the agricultural economics department preview the first-ever Landowner Conference, to be held in Manhattan on November 10. |
September 18, 2023 |
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Grid Pricing Trends
K-State livestock economist Ted Schroeder and his graduate student Katy Doumit start the show discussing their recent research on trends for beef premiums and discounts. |
September 14, 2023 |
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Crop Insurance
K-State agriculture policy specialist, Jenny Ifft, gives a heads-up on crop insurance, with many things producers should look into before deciding on a policy. |
September 5, 2023 |
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Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag Policy
Flinchbaugh agriculture policy chair Jenny Ifft begins today’s show discussing the legacy of Barry Flinchbaugh and how the new center and her position will interact. |
August 29, 2023 |
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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) |
August 25, 2023 | ||
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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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