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• The weekly grain market update

• Observations from ongoing intensive wheat management projects around Kansas

• Kansas agricultural weather…

00:01:30 – Grain Market Update:  On his weekly grain market segment, K-State grain market economist Dan O'Brien comments on the numbers from yesterday's USDA world grain supply-and-demand report...and he compares the volume of commercial trading to speculative trading in grain futures, and what that says about market direction.

00:12:51 – Intensive Wheat Management Update:  K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato shares findings from his ongoing intensive wheat management projects around Kansas, beginning with a look at the differing wheat variety responses to nitrogen application rates.

00:24:14 – Intensive Wheat Management Update (Part 2):  More with K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato; here, he discusses his look at the timing of fungicide applications in the spring.

00:32:32 – Kansas Weather:  K-State climatologist Mary Knapp reports on Kansas agricultural weather.

Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.