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K-State College of Agriculture Year in Review
The dean of the College of Agriculture at K-State, John Floros, offers his review of the college's activities and achievements in 2017: he discusses the areas of research that K-State continues to lead on a national and international level and the great success the college continues to have in career placement of graduates. He also talks about the ability of the Cooperative Extension Service in Kansas to remain viable as Extension in other parts of the country has struggled, and he offers an outlook for the college's opportunities and challenges in 2018. |
December 19, 2017 |
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Farm Financial Workshops
K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about a series of workshops coming up early in 2018, at which farm families looking for advice on managing their way through the current economic challenges can work directly with the Farm Analyst program out of K-State...these workshop will feature private, one-on-one appointments with program specialists to work through the possible management alternatives. |
December 13, 2017 |
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Commodity Futures Conference
K-State agricultural economist Ted Schroeder talks about a major, first-of-its-kind conference coming up next spring that will be co-hosted by K-State's Center for Risk Management Education and Research and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: it will take place in Overland Park, and will tackle pressing current issues affecting U.S. agriculture futures markets via a number of high-profile presentations and in-depth discussions. |
December 12, 2017 |
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Late-Year Tax Management
The administrators of the Kansas Farm Management Association at K-State, Kevin Herbel and Mark Dikeman, offer up several things for producers to think about here at year's end regarding overall farm management planning and tax management...one objective being to take steps to avoid reporting a net operating loss for 2017. |
December 8, 2017 |
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Tax Basis Tool
K-State agricultural economist Terry Griffin and Texas A&M agricultural law specialist Tiffany Lashmet talk about the new on-line aid that they have created for agricultural producers to use when determining the capital gains tax liability of a land sale, especially when the value of that land upon inheritance is unknown. They developed a series of tables for each of the continental 48 states that producers can use to calculate an estimate of the stepped-up basis for their property. |
December 7, 2017 |
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Interest Rate Outlook
K-State agricultural economist Brian Briggeman offers his latest observations on the state of the macro-economy and interest rate trends as they would affect the agricultural economy. That's the topic of his presentation at the upcoming Farming for the Future programs that will be put on by K-State at four locations in Kansas in the coming weeks. |
December 7, 2017 |
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Crop Insurance Analysis
K-State agricultural economists Dustin Pendell and Jisang Yu discuss their new study of crop insurance and its influence on farm survival in tough economic times. They used Kansas Farm Management Association data to determine if crop insurance allows an operation to stay in business longer, and found that it, in fact, does. |
December 4, 2017 |
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Farm Income Report
K-State farm management economist Gregg Ibendahl shares his interpretation of the USDA's net farm income report released yesterday...what it says about the economic stability of production agriculture heading into 2018, and how the trends noted in that report relate to the economic state of Kansas farmers and ranchers currently. |
November 30, 2017 |
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Precision Technology Adoption
K-State precision technology economist Terry Griffin shares the findings of his latest study of farmer adoption of precision cropping technologies...this time, his work concentrated on the technology "bundles" that producers gravitate toward, and how that relates to the frequency that producers transition to variable-rate technologies. |
November 28, 2017 |
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Kansas Custom Rates
K-State agricultural economist Gregg Ibendahl discusses the brand-new report on Kansas custom rates for farm operations that K-State has just completed and posted on line, for producers and custom hire providers to use as guidelines for setting rates for various field operations. |
November 28, 2017 |
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Farming For the Future
Mykel Taylor and Robin Reid discuss the upcoming K-State Farming for the Future programs to be held in December and January at four locations around Kansas. These will offer a variety of outlook talks to aid producers in planning for the economic challenges of 2018 and beyond. |
November 17, 2017 |
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Farm Analyst Program
The director of the Farm Analyst program out of K-State, Duane Hund, talks about the assistance his program offers to family farm operations which are seeking ways of navigating the current economic challenges in production agriculture. He also tells of a series of special workshops coming up in early 2018 where farm families can meet directly with Farm Analyst personnel and work with the FINPACK farm financial software. |
November 15, 2017 |
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Global Food Security
K-State agricultural economist Tim Dalton discusses the findings of a new report on global food security and nutrition, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: he talks about the three principal factors that are contributing to food availability concerns around the world. He also talks about how the Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory initiative is responding to these food security challenges, with K-State serving as a major contributor by way of the four Feed The Future labs housed at the university. |
October 26, 2017 |
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Agribusiness and Community
K-State agricultural economist Vincent Amanor-Boadu offers several key considerations incumbent upon local communities as they attempt to attract a large-scale enterprise, such as the proposed Tyson poultry production and processing complex for which three Kansas communities are currently in the running. He draws on his extensive experience as a Kansas community development adviser. |
October 20, 2017 |
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Crop Insurance Workshops
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby has more details on the series of Crop Insurance Workshops that K-State will be co-sponsoring soon. |
October 20, 2017 |
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Farm Payment Facts
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby discusses what he says are misperceptions that are being publicized about USDA crop program payments, pointing to data that K-State has compiled on the recent ARC and PLC payments on 2016 production. He also previews the series of Crop Insurance Workshops that K-State is co-sponsoring soon, in partnership with neighboring land-grant universities. |
October 17, 2017 |
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Pasture Insurance
Monte Vandeveer talks about how the USDA Risk Management Agency's Pasture, Rangeland and Forage insurance program works, with the deadline for 2018 participation coming up soon. He shares his analysis of the likely benefits Kansas producers can expect from this coverage. |
October 16, 2017 |
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The State of Ag Co-ops
The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, Brian Briggeman, discusses the state of agricultural cooperatives in Kansas and how they are adapting to the current strains on the agricultural economy...as October is designated as National Cooperative Month. |
October 12, 2017 |
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