🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2192 – Ongoing Grain Market Seasonality…Cotton Thrips

  • Trend Factors for the Grain Market
  • Early Season Cotton Pests
  • Precipitation in Kansas

00:01:05 – Trend Factors for the Grain Market: K-State grain economist, Daniel O’Brien, starts off the show with his grain market update where we chats about seasonal trends and the biggest factors impacting the market.

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00:12:05 – Early Season Cotton Pests: Logan Simon, K-State Extension agronomist, continues the show with his discussion on early season cotton pests and why volunteer soybean is an issue in cotton.

Cotton Insect Pest Management Publication

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00:23:05 – Precipitation in Kansas: Concluding the show is K-State meteorologist Chip Redmond with what parts of Kansas have seen rain and what pattern he is seeing for our forecast.

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