Grain Market Update… New Project Aims to Stabilize Rural Communities
• The weekly grain market update
• A common chemical could help stabilize smaller rural communities
• Agricultural news, and the “Kansas Wheat Scoop”
• Kansas agricultural weather…
00:01:30 – Grain Market Update: K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien offers his updated price probability projections for corn, based on the USDA's latest grain supply-and-demand report, and he comments on just how high soybean prices could go until the South American crop comes onto the market, during his weekly segment on the grain market trends.
00:12:54 – New Project Aims to Stabilize Rural Communities: K-State agricultural economist Vincent Amanor-Boadu tells of a new project supported by a National Science Foundation grant, involving K-State and other universities...its aim is to help stabilize smaller rural communities by tying together crop production, energy production and water use, via an ammonia generation and utilization process.
00:24:19 – Ag News: The day's agricultural news headlines, and the latest “Kansas Wheat Scoop.”
00:32:35 – 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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