🎙️ K-State Agriculture Today: 2285 – New and Old Grain Market Trends…How Beef Checkoff Works

  • Continued Grain Market Expectations
  • Smoke and Mirrors: Kansas Beef Checkoff
  • From Wet Conditions to Drying Out

00:01:05 – Continued Grain Market Expectations: K-State grain economist, Daniel O’Brien, starts off today’s show as he explains continued trends in the grain market and what calculated pre-report expectations are for the upcoming USDA reports.

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00:12:05 – Smoke and Mirrors: Kansas Beef Checkoff: Continuing the show is K-State’s Jenny Ifft and Kansas Beef Council’s Scott Stebner and Randall Debler as they chat with each other about Beef Checkoff and how it works for producers and the public.

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00:23:05 – From Wet Conditions to Drying Out: Chip Redmond, K-State meteorologist, ends the show as he discusses rain totals from last week and what is influencing next week’s weather pattern for Kansans.

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