2026 Risk and Profit Conference
This week!
A two-day conference covering hot topics and the latest research from the K-State Agricultural Economics Department.
August 20-21, 2026
K-State Alumni Center - Manhattan
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Other K-State Extension Meetings
Meetings around the state with a variety of topics.
Ottawa-Fall Field Day-Aug 19
Bavaria-Sorghum Field Day-Aug 26
Dorrance-Sorghum Field Day-Aug 27
Dighton-Sorghum Field Day-Aug 28
Manhattan-Beef Stocker Field Day-Sep 24
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2026 Ag Lenders Conferences
Registration Open!
K-State’s annual Ag Lenders Conferences provide the Kansas financial community with updates on current ag topics.
September 22: Garden City-The Refinery
September 23: Manhattan-KSU IGP Center
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ICYMI: Projections and Sources of MYA Prices for ARC and PLC Commodity Programs for 2025/2026 and 2026/2027
Rich Llewelyn notes projections of crop prices to help with estimating ARC and PLC payments, with updated price projections from those sources.
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ICYMI: 2026 Winning the Game Grain Marketing Webinar - August Update - Webinar Slides and Recording
Dan O'Brien (KSU) and Guy Allen (KSU-IGP) discuss the grain markets situation and evaluate strategies for grain sales going forward in 2026.
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Grain Outlook-Radio
A slightly surprising WASDE report is what Dan O'Brien and Guy Allen discuss this week. They talk about corn and grain sorghum, then wheat and soybeans.
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Interactive Crop Basis Tool
Weekly basis (Wednesday close) for corn, soybeans, milo and winter wheat for approximately 1100 locations across Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota.
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Crop Basis Maps
GIS maps showing this week’s basis and deviation from 3 year average for corn, wheat, soybeans, and milo in the central Plains.
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World Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE)
Rich Llewelyn updates the USDA supply and demand estimates from the monthly WASDE report for corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, and wheat, which includes graphs of historical data and spreadsheets with raw data.
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IGP Transportation Report
Guy Allen, senior economist of the International Grains Program at K-State, provides information on transportation, freight and logistics for the grain markets.
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Ag Law Update–Radio
Roger McEowen, K-State and Washburn law professor, discusses how a loss from the wheat crop doesn't mean that agriculture operations are failing.
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A Bad Wheat Crop Is Not a Farm Economic Collapse
Roger McEowen notes that financial stress takes place at the individual farm level, and that Kansas ag can be financially resilient in the aggregate, while individual farms may experience financial stress.
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How Ag Policy is Supported With Concise Communication–Radio
Part of a Flinchbaugh and Smoke and Mirrors podcast episode with Mark Edelman, Brad Lubben, Jenny Ifft, Eric Atkinson and guest Chris Boosma, discuss communication supporting agricultural policy.
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In the Cattle Markets
"Forage Production Insurance Changes", by Matthew Diersen, South Dakota State University.
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Livestock Outlook-Radio
A cattle market update from UNL livestock economist, Elliott Dennis, has him highlighting packer margins, retail demand and if we are seeing a hint of cattle herd rebuilding.
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2026 Risk and Profit Conference
Deadline approaching! Register NOW!
A two-day conference covering hot topics and the latest research from the K-State Agricultural Economics Department.
August 20-21, 2026
K-State Alumni Center - Manhattan
agmanager.info/events/risk-a…
Other K-State Extension Meetings
Rossville-Fall Field Day-Aug. 11
Ottawa-Fall Field Day-Aug. 19
Bavaria-Sorghum Field Day-Aug. 26
Dorrance-Sorghum Field Day-Aug. 27
Dighton-Sorghum Field Day-Aug. 28
Manhattan-Beef Stocker Field Day-Sep. 24
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2026 Ag Lenders Conferences
Registration Open!
K-State’s annual Ag Lenders Conferences provide the Kansas financial community with updates on current ag topics.
September 22: Garden City-The Refinery
September 23: Manhattan-KSU IGP Center
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2026 Kansas Crop Insurance Workshop
Registration Open!
A one-day conference for farmers, crop insurance agents, and ag lenders.
October 29: Salina
Webster Conference Center
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Grain Outlook Radio Program
August 7, 2026
Dan O'Brien discusses grain futures moving to the lower side and what point crop development is at, for his grain market outlook.
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