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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black Sea Region Update

Antonina Broyaka provides an update on the Black Sea region. A recent Russian attack has created more difficulties for Ukraine.

June 9, 2023
Before the First Farm Bill

Jenny Ifft, K-State policy specialist, starts today’s show with her first Farm Bill segment discussing what the Farm Bill is and life and agriculture before it. 

June 6, 2023
Kansas Land Values

K-State agricultural economist, Robin Reid, discusses the new Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends. She says that this report provides a lot of data to people interested in Kansas agricultural land. 

May 31, 2023
Adopting Technology in Agriculture

Today’s show begins with Tomas Nilsson, faculty member at Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, and Terry Griffin, K-State cropping systems economist. The pair discusses challenges technology faces when trying to be adopted by producers in agriculture, and discuss what Tomas has found from his research in Canada about technology adoption in agriculture. Terry provides insight on Canada’s similarities to Kansas.

May 25, 2023
KFMA Net Farm Income Summary

The show begins with Kansas Farm Management Association Executive Director, Mark Dikeman giving an overview of the 2022 KFMA Executive Summary. KFMA economists Glenn Conover, Trenton Hargrave, Lucas Sudbeck, Dillon Rapp, Clay Simons and Lindsay Bryant continue as they discuss how 2022 fared for producers in their association.

Link to KFMA's 2022 Executive Summary

May 23, 2023

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