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Beef Market Effects from August Plant Fire
K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor returns to comment on the cattle and beef market behavior immediately following the Tyson beef plant fire in August. He has reviewed all the market-driving factors involved in the immediate drop in fed cattle prices, while at the same time, boxed beef prices rose significantly, saying that those shouldn't be ignored as that situation is further investigated. |
October 4, 2019 |
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Beef and Pork Demand
K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor talks about his new economic analysis of how beef and pork demand have changed in the aftermath of mandatory county-of-origin labeling being rescinded three years ago...this is a follow-up to previous K-State research indicating that M-COOL did not boost demand for domestic beef and pork. |
October 3, 2019 |
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Calculating ARC and PLC Payment Yields
K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about the opportunity for crop producers to update their USDA commodity program payment yields as they enroll in either the ARC or PLC programs in the months ahead. She has put together a new spreadsheet that producers can use to calculate their new program yields. |
September 20, 2019 |
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Projected 2019 MFP Payments
K-State agricultural economist Nathan Hendricks talks about his work with Joe Janzen on projected payments to producers from this year's USDA Market Facilitation Program, and how those would compare to payments made under the 2018 MFP...they matched up the numbers for every county in Kansas, and shared their findings at the recent K-State Risk and Profit Conference. |
September 4, 2019 |
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Volatility of Farm Incomes
K-State agricultural economist Nathan Hendricks and graduate researcher Whitney Bowman talk about their new analysis of the volatility of Kansas farm incomes over time, based on information from the Kansas Farm Management Association. They explain why understanding those volatility trends can be helpful in farm financial management. |
August 28, 2019 |
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Ag Trade and Policy
The keynote speaker at the Risk and Profit Conference yesterday: the president of Agri-Pulse Communications, Sara Wyant, shares her latest take on agricultural trade and policy issues, based on her information sources in Washington D.C. ... she comments specifically on the China trade situation and the outlook for farm program policy following the 2020 election. |
August 23, 2019 |
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Upcoming Farm Bill Meetings
K-State agricultural economists Robin Reid and Mykel Taylor talk about the series of 2018 Farm Bill meetings that K-State will host for producers over the next two weeks at 10 sites around Kansas...at those meetings, producers will learn about a tool that will help them make the most beneficial decision on ARC and PLC program participation. |
August 20, 2019 |
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Market Facilitation Program Payments
K-State agricultural economist Joe Janzen talks about his analysis of the USDA's latest round of Market Facilitation Program payments, attempting to explain the variations in MFP payment rates from county to county...he will be presenting his findings at the K-State Risk and Profit Conference coming up later this week on the campus. |
August 19, 2019 |
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Economics and Cattle Traceability
Glynn Tonsor and James Mitchell talk about their research on cattle producers' and buyers' willingness to adopt cattle traceability: they sought out the economic factors that most greatly influence that decision, for consideration as traceability policy is developed...this work will be presented at the K-State Risk and Profit Conference on the campus next week. |
August 15, 2019 |
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Generations, Spending and Debt
K-State agricultural economists Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin talk about their latest effort in a series of economics analyses which looks at the generational differences in farm and ranch management: this time, they've focused on how spending tendencies and debt load differ among the various generations. |
August 14, 2019 |
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Soil Moisture as Price Predictor
K-State agricultural economist Mykel Taylor and graduate researcher Noah Miller talk about using soil moisture measurements gathered via satellite as a predictor of local wheat price basis at harvest time They explain how their economic model merges historical basis trends with moisture readings early in the wheat growing season to give producers information that would be useful in advance-marketing their grain. |
August 6, 2019 |
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Cooperative Leadership Opportunities
The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, Brian Briggeman, and the chief executive officer of the Kansas Cooperative Council, Brandi Miller, look ahead to two informational meetings that will be held consecutively in August: the K-State Symposium on Cooperative Issues and the K-C-C Leadership Roundtable...these are designed for farmers in cooperative leadership positions and agricultural cooperative managers and employees. |
July 31, 2019 |
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Benchmarking Farm Financial Status
K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about an on-line analytical tool that agricultural producers can use to assess their financial status via benchmarking...comparing their operations to those of their peers in their region of the state: that tool has just been updated with the latest economic information from the Kansas Farm Management Association. |
July 31, 2019 |
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2019 Risk and Profit Conference
K-State extension assistant in agricultural economics Rich Llewelyn previews the 2019 Risk and Profit Conference at K-State, an annual event covering current economic and farm policy topics of interest to agricultural producers, lenders and others in agribusiness. This year's theme is "Policy Perplexity: Farm Bill, Trade and Profitability." |
July 30, 2019 |
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Market Facilitation Program Payment
K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about the just-released county rates for the next round of USDA Market Facilitation Program payments: she goes over the rate trends in Kansas and what she believes influenced those the most, and she reviews the payment application procedure. |
July 26, 2019 |
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Blockchain Technology for Farm Data
K-State agricultural economist Keith Harris takes a look at the application of distributed ledger technology, commonly referred to as Blockchain, to farm data management...he and colleagues are currently researching the practical use of this technology for analyzing data as a means of verifying how crops and livestock are produced, which he says will ultimately benefit the producer. |
July 16, 2019 |
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Calculating Landlord Net Income and Kansas House Bill 2293
Excerpts from a recent webinar by professor and head of Kansas State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Allen Featherstone, regarding the process for calculating the landlord net income for property tax computations and when agricultural landlord net income may begin to fall, as well as discussion of three scenarios and the possible impact of House Bill 2293, which was introduced – but not acted upon – in the last Kansas legislative session. |
July 11, 2019 |
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Kansas Bluestem Pasture Report
The director of the Land Use Survey Center at K-State, Leah Tsoodle, talks about the just-released 2019 Kansas Bluestem Pasture Report, a biennial survey of management practices in the Flint Hills region of Kansas which serves as a benchmark for pasture rental rates and other aspects of grazing management in the state. |
July 2, 2019 |
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