Grain Market Update… Herbicide-Resistant Soybean Varieties
• The weekly grain market update
• Planting herbicide-resistant soybean varieties
• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”
• Kansas agricultural weather…
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien talks about fall harvest progress as an increasing influence on price movements currently, and he comments on the improvement in biofuels production profitability as a grain market factor, during his weekly segment on the grain price trends.
00:12:55 – Herbicide-Resistant Soybean Varieties: K-State weed management specialist Sarah Lancaster and graduate researcher Tyler Meyeres talk about Kansas soybean growers' intentions on planting herbicide-resistant soybean varieties next spring, based on a survey K-State is currently conducting...and they report on a new study of how off-target dicamba drift impacts non-dicamba-resistant soybeans.
00:24:22 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:36 – Kansas Weather: K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.
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Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.
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