K-State agricultural economist Dan O'Brien comments on the grain
market trends following the USDA's September grain production and
supply and demand reports this week...he also remarks on the likely
drop in the value of the dollar in the world market, which could spur
still greater U.S. grain export sales

The acting director of Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Jason
Lamprecht, goes over that office's new report on Kansas agricultural
land values and cash rental rates for crop and pasture land...and how
those numbers can be useful to farmers and ranchers

And state climatologist Mary Knapp of K-State reports on Kansas
agricultural weather

Agriculture Today is broadcast each weekday morning at 10:00 on KFRM
Radio, Clay Center (550 AM) and KLOE Radio, Goodland (730 AM), which
collectively reach 75 counties in Kansas, parts of southern Nebraska,
eastern Colorado and northern Oklahoma...the broadcast can also be
heard over the K-State Radio Network website. Also see the Agriculture
Today archives.


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Story by: Eric Atkinson
agguy@ksu.edu
K-State Research & Extension News