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KSRN Livestock Market Outlook Weekly Radio Interview - LMIC |
March 8, 2010 |
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KSRN Grain Market Outlook Weekly Radio
Interview - Dan O'Brien
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February 26, 2010 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Rich Llewelyn reports on a new study of the economic
risks associated with converting Conservation Reserve Program acreage to
crop production, centered on the returns from a wheat-sorghum-fallow
rotation on former CRP ground. |
March 9, 2010 |
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K-State livestock economist
Ted Schroeder talks about feeding the world from now to the year
2050, as the world's population grows rapidly, and how the beef industry
needs to gear up for that. |
March 5, 2010 |
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Michigan State University
livestock economist Glynn Tonsor, who will soon be joining the
K-State faculty, discusses the beef cattle market outlook and associated
topics. |
March 5, 2010 |
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Agricultural law specialist
Roger McEowen, from Iowa State University reports on two USDA farm
program payment items: a recent clarification by the Farm Service Agency
on inactive members of a farming enterprise, and how that impacts
payment eligibility; and the new requirement allowing the IRS to share a
farmer's gross income information with the FSA for payment eligibility
purposes. |
March 3, 2010 |
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K-State risk management
specialist Art Barnaby reminds producers about the March 15th
deadline for spring-planted crop insurance enrollment, which determines
eligibility for the SURE program...he also has new numbers on the
expected payout for Kansas producers enrolled in the ACRE program. |
March 2, 2010 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Jason Bergtold reports on his latest research on the
costs and returns associated with including a cover crop in a grain crop
rotation: the fertilizer and herbicide cost savings certain cover crops
can provide, the costs of seeding a cover crop, and why grain prices
make a big difference in the practicality of including cover crops in
rotation. |
February 10, 2010 |
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K-State risk management
specialist Art Barnaby talks about proposed budget cuts in the
federal crop insurance program, and how they would likely affect
insurance coverage for Kansas crop producers...he also announces that
K-State will soon host a webinar for producers on the Supplemental
Revenue Assistance Program (SURE). |
February 2, 2010 |
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Agricultural law specialist
Roger McEowen, from Iowa State University provides an update on
the present interest annual exclusion, a key component of the federal
gift tax. Used wisely, it can help move cash and property to others and
reduce the potential size of an estate. But, there are a few rules
regarding these gifts. |
February 2, 2010 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Kevin Dhuyvetter looks at the evolution of agricultural
technologies in the recent past, and the economic factors that affected
how quickly farmers adpoted them...and how those same factors influence
farmer decisions about precision technology today. |
January 27, 2010 |
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Agricultural law specialist
Roger McEowen, from Iowa State University, talks more about the
state of the federal estate tax, which has now expired for 2010, and
whether Congress will attempt to reinstate that this year. |
January 20, 2010 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Michael Langemeier talks about his new analysis of
crop-cattle farms in Kansas, and why that kind of diversified operation
tends to succeed where others don't...he uses an economic measure called
"scope efficiency." |
January 18, 2010 |
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Agricultural law specialist
Roger McEowen, from Iowa State University, reviews the top ten
agricultural law developments of 2009, including a number of cases
involving disputes with the USDA and the IRS. He'll talk about the major
implications of each of these developments. |
January 6, 2010 |
Part 1
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K-State risk management
specialist Art Barnaby looks at two items of interest to crop
producers: the ongoing problems with crop insurance not adequately
covering grain quality losses, and the latest projections on the returns
to Kansas crop producers from the A-C-R-E program, covering 2009
production. |
December 21, 2009 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Bryan Schurle puts out a last call for farm families to
participate in the "Keeping the Family Farming" workshops in
January...these provide guidance to families as they consider the
farming transition to the next generation. |
December 15, 2009 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Bill Golden reports on a new review of the cost-benefit
studies on the House climate change bill, and how it would affect the
agricultural economy...this effort attempting to arrive at some
conclusions about that impact. |
December 14, 2009 |
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The administrator of the
Farm Analyst program out of K-State, Duane Hund, talks about that
service and some of the financial challenges he is encountering as he
works with Kansas farm families this fall. |
November 30, 2009 |
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K-State farm program
specialist Troy Dumler talks about the first year of the Average
Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program: the latest projected payout for
Kansas producers enrolled in the program and his thoughts on why only a
very small percent of Kansas producers opted for ACRE in its first
year. |
November 17, 2009 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Tim Dalton talks bout his new research, which will
study the prospect of introducing drought-tolerant corn hybrids for
human food production in parts of eastern and southern Africa. |
November 16, 2009 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Dan O'Brien reports on his new analysis of trends in
U.S. energy use and supplies, and how biofuels contribute...it found
that alternate energy sources like biofuels are growing in consumption. |
November 5, 2009 |
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K-State agricultural
economist Jeff Peterson discusses research the department has
been conducting on water quality trading...a concept that could have a
future in Kansas. |
November 3, 2009 |
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