1015—Farm Machinery Investment…Economic Status of Agricultural Cooperatives

<ul> <li><strong>Farm Machinery Depreciation</strong></li> <li><strong>Cooperative Economic Health</strong></li> <li><strong>Agricultural News Headlines</strong></li> <li><strong>Fall Lawn Seeding</strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:01:11--Farm Machinery Depreciation</strong>--K-State agricultural economist Allen Featherstone discusses farm machinery investments, and how accelerated depreciation methods affects producers' approaches to those investments...that was the subject of a new study that he covered at the recent K-State Risk and Profit Conference, and it generally showed that Kansas producers have made good machinery purchase decisions over the past several years</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:12:11--Cooperative Economic Health</strong>--The director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center at K-State, Brian Briggeman, looks at the economic state of agricultural cooperatives in Kansas currently, drawing from discussions at the recent K-State Cooperative Leadership Symposium...he reports that the cooperative system is in a good place economically right now, but at the same time is positioning for any downturn that might be coming in the agricultural economy</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>00:23:14--Agricultural News</strong>--Eric Atkinson covers the day’s agricultural news headlines, and Greg Akagi presents this week’s Kansas Soybean Update</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>00:31:07--Fall Lawn Seeding</strong>-- On this week's horticulture segment, K-State horticulturist Ward Upham offers pointers on seeding or overseeding a fescue or bluegrass lawn in early fall, with emphasis on site preparation for good seed-to-soil contact</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to <a href="mailto:ksrenews@ksu.edu">ksrenews@ksu.edu</a>.</p> <p>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